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PORPHYRIO PORPHYRIO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Porphyrio porphyrio mean?
• PORPHYRIO PORPHYRIO (noun)
The noun PORPHYRIO PORPHYRIO has 1 sense:
1. purple gallinule of southern Europe
Familiarity information: PORPHYRIO PORPHYRIO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Purple gallinule of southern Europe
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
European gallinule; Porphyrio porphyrio
Hypernyms ("Porphyrio porphyrio" is a kind of...):
purple gallinule (gallinules with showy purplish plumage)
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