GALLINULA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gallinula mean? 

• GALLINULA (noun)
  The noun GALLINULA has 1 sense:

1. gallinules

  Familiarity information: GALLINULA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GALLINULA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Gallinules

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Gallinula; genus Gallinula

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "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 ("Gallinula" is a member of...):

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