| Noun | 1. | genus Gallinula - gallinules bird genus - a genus of birds family Rallidae, Rallidae - rails; crakes; gallinules; coots gallinule, swamphen, water hen, marsh hen - any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens Florida gallinule, Gallinula chloropus cachinnans - North American dark bluish-grey gallinule Gallinula chloropus, moorhen - black gallinule that inhabits ponds and lakes |