water hen | | |
n. (animal) | 1. american coot, fulica americana, marsh hen, mud hen, water hen | a coot found in North America. |
| ~ fulica, genus fulica | coots. |
| ~ coot | slate-black slow-flying birds somewhat resembling ducks. |
n. (animal) | 2. gallinule, marsh hen, swamphen, water hen | 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. |
| ~ gallinula, genus gallinula | gallinules. |
| ~ florida gallinule, gallinula chloropus cachinnans | North American dark bluish-grey gallinule. |
| ~ gallinula chloropus, moorhen | black gallinule that inhabits ponds and lakes. |
| ~ purple gallinule | gallinules with showy purplish plumage. |
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