Definitions
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- noun Several
species ofbird in thegenus Porphyrio of the familyRallidae .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- 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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Examples
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Otamangakau, swamphen sanctuary in raupo days when mangatoetoe stalks were lances massed to hold the mountain's fire and flax grew greedy in this hollow.
Archive 2008-08-01 Ivan Donn Carswell 2008
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Species range from the large and colorful purple swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) to several majestic egret species.
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Whether or not the swamphen becomes as ubiquitous a pest as the monk parakeet or the feral pig is unknown.
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Phase two of the swamphen plan is to fit electronic monitors to five birds in Broward and five in Palm Beach County as an aid to studying their habits.
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"There are more serious threats to the ecosystem, but the purple swamphen is an important one that we shouldn't let go," said Jerry Jackson, a biology professor at Florida Gulf Coast University.
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The swamphen has the potential to spread up through Florida and into other Southeastern states, Hardin said.
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The failure of the swamphen extermination project -- expensive in staff time, shotgun shells and gas -- contrasts sharply with a similar effort to knock out a budding population of sacred ibis, a long-legged exotic from Africa that in 2007 was nesting in Palm Beach and
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But Andy Kratter, a bird expert at the Florida Gainesville, is sure the swamphen is not a boon to Florida.
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Florida admits defeat in fight to eradicate exotic purple swamphen Records don't support Florida Lt. Gov.
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In a state already crawling with exotic animals, halting the South Florida spread of a non-native bird called the purple swamphen seemed like a rare opportunity for success.
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