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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A colorful gallinule (Porphyrula martinica) of South America and the southeast United States, having a purple head, neck, and underpart, a greenish-bronze back, yellow legs, and yellow-tipped red bill.
  2. n. A related Old World gallinule (Porphyrio porphyrio) having dark, bluish-purple plumage and red legs.

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  1. n. gallinules with showy purplish plumage

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hypernyms (4)

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  1. gallinule
  1. water hen
  1. marsh hen
  1. swamphen

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  1. american gallinule
  1. porphyrio porphyrio
  1. porphyrula martinica
  1. european gallinule

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  1. porphyrio porphyrio
  2. porphyrula martinica
  1. european gallinule
  2. american gallinule
  1. gallinule
  2. purple bird
  1. sultana bird
  2. sultan
  1. swamp-turkey
  2. purple gallinule
  1. ionornis
  2. swamp hen
  1. hyacinth
  2. porphyrio

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