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EUROPEAN GALLINULE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does European gallinule mean? 

EUROPEAN GALLINULE (noun)
  The noun EUROPEAN GALLINULE has 1 sense:

1. purple gallinule of southern Europeplay

  Familiarity information: EUROPEAN GALLINULE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EUROPEAN GALLINULE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Purple gallinule of southern Europe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

European gallinule; Porphyrio porphyrio

Hypernyms ("European gallinule" is a kind of...):

purple gallinule (gallinules with showy purplish plumage)


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