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Any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens
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swamphen
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n. 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 , water hen ]
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n. Several species of bird in the genus ''Porphyrio'' of the family Rallidae.
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Porphyrio is the swamphen genus of birds in the rail family . The genus name Porphyrio is the Latin for "swamphen". It includes some smaller species which are usually called "purple gallinules", and which are sometimes separated as genus Porphyrula or united ...