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

1 sense of gallinule

Sense 1
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)
       => aquatic bird -- (wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water)