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FLORIDA GALLINULE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Florida gallinule mean?
• FLORIDA GALLINULE (noun)
The noun FLORIDA GALLINULE has 1 sense:
1. North American dark bluish-grey gallinule
Familiarity information: FLORIDA GALLINULE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
North American dark bluish-grey gallinule
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Florida gallinule; Gallinula chloropus cachinnans
Hypernyms ("Florida gallinule" is a kind of...):
gallinule; marsh hen; swamphen; water hen (any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens)
Holonyms ("Florida gallinule" is a member of...):
Gallinula; genus Gallinula (gallinules)
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