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  • noun Several species of bird in the genus Porphyrio of the family Rallidae.

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

Etymologies

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swamp +‎ hen

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