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    SWAMPHEN

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hensplay

    Synonyms:

    gallinule; marsh hen; swamphen; water hen

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("swamphen" is a kind of...):

    aquatic bird (wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "swamphen"):

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

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

    purple gallinule (gallinules with showy purplish plumage)

    Holonyms ("swamphen" is a member of...):

    Gallinula; genus Gallinula (gallinules)

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