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moorhen

moorhen

English

A moorhen Gallinula chloropus

Noun

moorhen ‎(plural moorhens)

Any of various medium-sized water birds of the genus Gallinula, of the rail family, that feed in open water margins.
(Britain) A female red grouse, Lagopus lagopus scotica.

Synonyms

gallinule
moggy (British slang)

Derived terms

Translations

water birds of the genus Gallinula

Breton: douryar (br) f
Esperanto: galinolo
Finnish: liejukana (fi)
Greek: νερόκοτα (el) f ‎(nerókota)
Norman: poule dg'ieau f (Jersey)

Polish: kokoszka (pl)
Romanian: găinușă (ro) f, găinușă-de-baltă (ro) f
Russian: камы́шница (ru) f ‎(kamýšnica)
Serbo-Croatian: mlakuša (sh) f, zelenonoga guša (sh) f
Spanish: gallineta de agua f

Anagrams

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