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gallinule

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gal⋅li⋅nule

  [gal-uh-nool, -nyool]
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–noun
any aquatic bird of the family Rallidae, having elongated, webless toes.
Origin:
1770–80; < NL Gallinula a genus name, LL gallīnula chicken, equiv. to L gallīn(a) hen + -ula -ule
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gal·li·nule   (gāl'ə-nōōl', -nyōōl')   
n.  Any of various wading and swimming birds of the family Rallidae, frequenting swampy regions and characteristically having dark iridescent plumage and a red bill tipped with yellow.

[Latin gallīnula, pullet, diminutive of gallīna, hen; see gallinaceous.]
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