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GALLINULA CHLOROPUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Gallinula chloropus mean?
• GALLINULA CHLOROPUS (noun)
The noun GALLINULA CHLOROPUS has 1 sense:
1. black gallinule that inhabits ponds and lakes
Familiarity information: GALLINULA CHLOROPUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Black gallinule that inhabits ponds and lakes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Gallinula chloropus; moorhen
Hypernyms ("Gallinula chloropus" 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 ("Gallinula chloropus" is a member of...):
Gallinula; genus Gallinula (gallinules)
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