purple gallinule

purple gallinule

n.

1. 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. A related Old World gallinule (Porphyrio porphyrio) having dark, bluish-purple plumage and red legs.

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purple gallinule

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a long-toed purple aquatic bird, Porphyrio porphyrio (or Porphyrula martinica), of the southern US and Europe, with red legs and red bill: family Rallidae (rails, etc.)

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

purple gallinule - gallinules with showy purplish plumage 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 European gallinule, Porphyrio porphyrio - purple gallinule of southern Europe American gallinule, Porphyrula martinica - American purple gallinule