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    GENUS GALLINULA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Gallinulesplay

    Synonyms:

    Gallinula; genus Gallinula

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("genus Gallinula" is a kind of...):

    bird genus (a genus of birds)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Gallinula"):

    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)

    Florida gallinule; Gallinula chloropus cachinnans (North American dark bluish-grey gallinule)

    Gallinula chloropus; moorhen (black gallinule that inhabits ponds and lakes)

    Holonyms ("genus Gallinula" is a member of...):

    family Rallidae; Rallidae (rails; crakes; gallinules; coots)

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