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water hen

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water hen
n.
Any of various water birds of the family Rallidae, as the gallinule, rail, or coot, that inhabit marshland.
water hen
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for gallinule
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Noun1.water hen - a coot found in North Americawater hen - a coot found in North America        
American coot, Fulica americana, marsh hen, mud hen
Fulica, genus Fulica - coots
coot - slate-black slow-flying birds somewhat resembling ducks
2.water hen - any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic henswater hen - any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens
gallinule, swamphen, marsh hen
aquatic bird - wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water
Gallinula, genus Gallinula - gallinules
Florida gallinule, Gallinula chloropus cachinnans - North American dark bluish-grey gallinule
Gallinula chloropus, moorhen - black gallinule that inhabits ponds and lakes
purple gallinule - gallinules with showy purplish plumage
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