SWAMPHEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does swamphen mean? 

• SWAMPHEN (noun)
  The noun SWAMPHEN has 1 sense:

1. any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens

  Familiarity information: SWAMPHEN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SWAMPHEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

gallinule; marsh hen; swamphen; water hen

Hypernyms ("swamphen" is a kind of...):

aquatic bird (wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "swamphen"):

Florida gallinule; Gallinula chloropus cachinnans (North American dark bluish-grey gallinule)

Gallinula chloropus; moorhen (black gallinule that inhabits ponds and lakes)

purple gallinule (gallinules with showy purplish plumage)

Holonyms ("swamphen" is a member of...):

Gallinula; genus Gallinula (gallinules)