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- noun Plural form of
gallinule .
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Examples
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Nevada: Non-toxic ammunition required for gallinules, a kind of swamp hen, and snipe and in wildlife management areas.
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I remember more gallinules and moorhens from my youth yet they too seem to have become greatly reduced in my childhood stomping grounds.
Think Progress » Fifteen States Have Polluter-Driven Resolutions To Deny Climate Threat 2010
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Nevada: Non-toxic ammunition required for gallinules, a kind of swamp hen, and snipe and in wildlife management areas.
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We saw a Roseate Spoonbill which has one of the coolest scientific names ever -- ajaia ajaja, osprey, purple gallinules, herons... the list goes on and on.
Stephanie Sarkis, Ph.D.: Biking With Alligators Ph.D. Stephanie Sarkis 2011
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Purple gallinules are omnivores feeding on anything they come across: vegetables, animal matter, fruit and all types of seeds.
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New York: Non-toxic ammunition required for snipe, rails or gallinules.
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New York: Non-toxic ammunition required for snipe, rails or gallinules.
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We saw a Roseate Spoonbill which has one of the coolest scientific names ever -- ajaia ajaja, osprey, purple gallinules, herons... the list goes on and on.
Stephanie Sarkis, Ph.D.: Biking With Alligators Ph.D. Stephanie Sarkis 2011
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These marshes are also the wintering ground for many ducks and provide summer habitat for herons, egrets, gallinules, and bitterns, including the least bittern (Ixobrychus exilis exilis) and the American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus), which are threatened in Pennsylvania (Geyer and Bolles, 1979, p. 469; Gill, 1985, pp. 307-310).
Ecoregions of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia (EPA) 2008
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His photographs explore all aspects and seasons of marsh life but focus especially on such shy inhabitants as rails, bitterns, grebes, and gallinules.
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