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water hen

noun

1. a coot found in North America

• Syn: ↑American coot, ↑marsh hen, ↑mud hen, ↑Fulica americana

• Hypernyms: ↑coot

• Member Holonyms: ↑Fulica, ↑genus Fulica

2. any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens

• Syn: ↑gallinule, ↑marsh hen, ↑swamphen

• Hypernyms: ↑aquatic bird

• Hyponyms: ↑Florida gallinule, ↑Gallinula chloropus cachinnans, ↑moorhen, ↑Gallinula chloropus, ↑purple gallinule

• Member Holonyms: ↑Gallinula, ↑genus Gallinula

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noun

: any of various birds of the family Rallidae (as a coot); as

a. : gallinule

b. : american coot

c. : any of several Australian birds of the genus Tribonyx

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1. moorhen (def. 1).

2. the American coot, Fulica americana.

Also, waterhen.

[1520-30]

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water hen,

1. = moor hen. (Cf. ↑moor hen)

2. the coot of America.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.