- genus Porphyrula
- nounAmerican purple gallinules• Syn: ↑Porphyrula• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Rallidae, ↑family Rallidae• Member Meronyms: ↑American gallinule, ↑Porphyrula martinica
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genus Porphyrula
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Porphyrula — noun American purple gallinules • Syn: ↑genus Porphyrula • Hypernyms: ↑bird genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Rallidae, ↑family Rallidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Porphyrula martinica — noun American purple gallinule • Syn: ↑American gallinule • Hypernyms: ↑purple gallinule • Member Holonyms: ↑Porphyrula, ↑genus Porphyrula … Useful english dictionary
bird genus — noun a genus of birds • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑genus Protoavis, ↑genus Archaeopteryx, ↑genus Archeopteryx, ↑genus Sinornis, ↑genus Ibero mesornis, ↑gen … Useful english dictionary
Porphyrio — Taxobox name = Porphyrio image width = 250px image caption = A Purple Swamphen from New Zealand (pūkeko, Porphyrio porphyrio melanotus ) regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Gruiformes familia = Rallidae genus = Porphyrio… … Wikipedia
Rallidae — noun rails; crakes; gallinules; coots • Syn: ↑family Rallidae • Hypernyms: ↑bird family • Member Holonyms: ↑Gruiformes, ↑order Gruiformes • Member Meronyms … Useful english dictionary
family Rallidae — noun rails; crakes; gallinules; coots • Syn: ↑Rallidae • Hypernyms: ↑bird family • Member Holonyms: ↑Gruiformes, ↑order Gruiformes • Member Meronyms … Useful english dictionary
American gallinule — noun American purple gallinule • Syn: ↑Porphyrula martinica • Hypernyms: ↑purple gallinule • Member Holonyms: ↑Porphyrula, ↑genus Porphyrula … Useful english dictionary
gallinule — n. 1 a moorhen. 2 any of various similar birds of the genus Porphyrula or Porphyrio. Etymology: mod.L gallinula, dimin. of L gallina hen f. gallus cock … Useful english dictionary
Rallidae — Rails Temporal range: Early Eocene–Recent … Wikipedia
gallinule — /gal euh noohl , nyoohl /, n. any aquatic bird of the family Rallidae, having elongated, webless toes. [1770 80; < NL Gallinula a genus name, LL gallinula chicken, equiv. to L gallin(a) hen + ula ULE] * * * Any of several species of marsh birds… … Universalium
