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Definition: Gallinule |
GallinuleNoun1. Any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Gallinule \Gal"li*nule\, noun. [Latin expression gallinula chicken, diminutive of gallina hen: compare to the French expression gallinule.]. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Gallinule refers to some birds of the rail family Rallidae. They include:
- Purple Swamphen, or Purple Gallinule, Porphyrio porphyrio
- Allen's Gallinule, Porphyrio alleni
- American Purple Gallinule, Porphyrio martinica
- Azure Gallinule, Porphyrula flavirostris
- Common Moorhen, or Common Gallinule Gallinula chloropus
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Gallinule."
Synonyms: GallinuleSynonyms: marsh hen (n), swamphen (n), water hen (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Gallinule |
| English words defined with "gallinule": American gallinule ♦ European gallinule ♦ Florida gallinule ♦ Gallinula chloropus, Gallinula chloropus cachinnans ♦ King sora ♦ Moho, moor coot, moor hen, moorhen ♦ Porphyrio porphyrio, Porphyrula martinica, Purple bird ♦ Rice hen ♦ Sultana bird, Summer coot, Swamp hen ♦ Water chicken, Water cock. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Gallinule. Credit: Bob Hines. |
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Expressions using "gallinule": american gallinule ♦ common gallinule ♦ european gallinule ♦ Florida gallinule ♦ purple gallinule. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
gallinule purple | 8 |
gallinule | 3 |
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| Language | Translations for "gallinule"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | groenrygget sultanhoene (green-backed gallinule, king reedhen), sultanhoene (purple gallinule), lille sultanhoene (Allen's gallinule). (various references) | |
Dutch | smaragdkoet (green-backed gallinule, king reedhen), purperkoet (purple gallinule), kleine purperkoet (Allen's gallinule), amerikaanse purperkoet (american purple gallinule). (various references) | |
French | gallinule violette (american purple gallinule), gallinule pourprée (purple gallinule), gallinule commune (common gallinule, Florida gallinule), talève d'Allen (Allen's gallinule), poule sultane d'Allen (Allen's gallinule), poule sultane bleue (purple gallinule), poule sultane dos vert (green-backed gallinule), poule sultane (purple gallinule), porphyrion bleu (purple gallinule). (various references) | |
German | Smaragdhuhn (green-backed gallinule, king reedhen), Purpurhuhn (purple gallinule), Amerika-Zwergsultanshuhn (american purple gallinule), Amerika-Sultanshuhn (american purple gallinule), amerikanisches Zwergsultanshühnchen (american purple gallinule), Afrika-Sultanshühnchen (Allen's gallinule), afrikanisches Sultanshuhn (Allen's gallinule). (various references) | |
Greek | σουλτανοπουλάδα (purple gallinule). (various references) | |
Italian | gallinella americana (american purple gallinule), pollo sultano dorso verde (green-backed gallinule, king reedhen), pollo sultano di Allen (Allen's gallinule), pollo sultano americano (american purple gallinule), pollo sultano (purple gallinule). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | allinulegay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | caimão-dorso-verde (green-backed gallinule, king reedhen), caimão-comum (purple gallinule), caimão-americano (american purple gallinule), caimão de Allen (Allen's gallinule). (various references) | |
Russian | водяная курочка (water-hen). (various references) | |
Spanish | calamoncillo de Martinica (american purple gallinule), calamón de Allen (Allen's gallinule), calamón común (purple gallinule). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Porphyrio alleni, Porphyrio madagascariensis, Porphyrio porphyrio, Porphyrula alleni, Porphyrula martinica, RM:pulsauna americana, RM:pulsauna cotschna. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "gallinule": gallinules. (additional references) | |
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"Gallinule" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: galinule, galleyful, Gallinula, Glenluce. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "gallinule" (pronounced 'Gal"li*nule'): Antennule, Coronule, lunule, Pinnule, Vaginule, Zoonule. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-i-l-l-l-n-u" | |
-2 letters: gallein, illegal, lalling, ligulae, linguae, lingual, lulling, unagile. | |
-3 letters: genial, guinea, lagune, langue, lienal, ligula, ligule, linage, lineal, lingua, nilgau, ullage. | |
-4 letters: agile, algin, alien, align, aline, angel, angle, anile, elain, genua, glean, glial, guile, ileal, ingle, legal, liane, liang, ligan, linga, lunge, lungi, ulnae. | |
-5 letters: agin, ague, anil, egal, elan, gaen, gain, gale. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-i-l-l-l-n-u" | |
+1 letter: gallinules, laurelling. | |
+5 letters: neurologically. | |
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