Crossword-Solution: GALLINULE
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| Gallinule | n. | One of several wading birds, having long, webless toes, and a frontal shield, belonging to the family Rallidae. They are remarkable for running rapidly over marshes and on floating plants. The purple gallinule of America is Ionornis Martinica, that of the Old World is Porphyrio porphyrio. The common European gallinule (Gallinula chloropus) is also called moor hen, water hen, water rail, moor coot, night bird, and erroneously dabchick. Closely related to it is the Florida gallinule (Gallinula galeata). |
We have 7 clues for the answer “GALLINULE”
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| Moor hen. | 1 answer |
| SMALL aquatic bird | 1 answer |
| WATER chicken | 1 answer |
| moorhen | 1 answer |
| water cock | 3 answers |
| Marsh bird | 28 answers |
| Aquatic bird | 54 answers |
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Sentences with GALLINULE (5)
This beautiful bird greatly resembles the purple Gallinule in shape and make, but is much superior in size, being as large as a dunghil fowl.
Bewick's name, 'Little Gallinule,' meaning of course, if he knew it, the twice-over little Gallina;--and here again the question occurs to me about its voice.
Pelicans, with their pouched throats and scythe-like bills, stood in melancholy attitudes, and beside them were the white and scarlet ibis, and the purple gallinule.
The 'poule bleue' was doubtless the Swamp Hen or Purple Gallinule which, because of its rich purple plumage and red feet, is a conspicuous object in New Zealand landscapes.
The Purple Gallinule is known to build as many as five or six sham nests, a trait which is not confined to the Wren family.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1956–1982).