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moorhen
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun moorhen has 2 senses
- moorhen(n = noun.animal) gallinula chloropus - black gallinule that inhabits ponds and lakes; Array is a member of gallinula, genus gallinula
- moorhen(n = noun.animal) Array - female red grouse; Array is a kind of lagopus scoticus, moor-bird, moorbird, moorfowl, moorgame, red grouse
is a kind of gallinule, marsh hen, swamphen, water hen
CIDE DICTIONARY
moorhen, n.
- A black gallinule (
Gallinula chloropus ) that inhabits ponds and lakes. [WordNet 1.5] - The female of the moor fowl; the
moor hen . [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
moorhen, n.
1 a small aquatic bird, Gallinula chloropus, with long legs and a short red-yellow bill.
2 a female moorfowl.
1 a small aquatic bird, Gallinula chloropus, with long legs and a short red-yellow bill.
2 a female moorfowl.
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