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

1 sense of purple gallinule

Sense 1
purple gallinule -- (gallinules with showy purplish plumage)
       => 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)