GALLINULA CHLOROPUS CACHINNANS

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Meaning:

North American dark bluish-grey gallinule

Synonyms:

Florida gallinule; Gallinula chloropus cachinnans

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Gallinula chloropus cachinnans" 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 cachinnans" is a member of...):

Gallinula; genus Gallinula (gallinules)

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