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gallinule

[ gal-uh-nool, -nyool ]

noun

  1. any aquatic bird of the family Rallidae, having elongated, webless toes.


gallinule

/ ˈɡælɪˌnjuːl /

noun

  1. any of various aquatic birds of the genera Porphyrio and Porphyrula, typically having a dark plumage, red bill, and a red shield above the bill: family Rallidae (rails)
  2. common gallinule
    the US name for moorhen
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of gallinule1

1770–80; < New Latin Gallinula a genus name, Late Latin gallīnula chicken, equivalent to Latin gallīn ( a ) hen + -ula -ule
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Word History and Origins

Origin of gallinule1

C18: from New Latin Gallīnula genus name, from Late Latin: pullet, chicken, from Latin gallīna hen
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Example Sentences

They nest in colonies in marshes and swamps, building their nests like those of the Purple Gallinule.

Alae (Hawaiian gallinule): Native bird figuring largely in Hawaiian legends.

He took my reproof in good part, protesting that he had had only a glimpse of the bird, and had taken it for a possible gallinule.

The Florida gallinule is in general pretty silent, I think; but he has a noisy season; then he is indeed noisy enough.

A good many of my jaunts took me past the gallinule swamp before mentioned, and almost always I stopped and went near.

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