Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun gallinula_chloropus

1 sense of gallinula chloropus

Sense 1
moorhen, Gallinula chloropus -- (black gallinule that inhabits ponds and lakes)
       => gallinule, marsh hen, water hen, swamphen -- (any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens)