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Water hen Moderate

Water hen has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a coot found in North America

2

any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens

3

The moorhen.

See Also
moorhen duck
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
coot aquatic bird
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
Florida gallinule moorhen purple gallinule
Rhyming Words
hen then zhen shen chen when gehen behen cohen kohen ashen sehen sephen fishen nowhen kuchen machen goshen poshen hyphen
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