american gallinule

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   American purple gallinule

   SynonymsPorphyrula martinica

   Broaderpurple gallinule

   Part ofPorphyrula

Questions about american gallinule

What does american gallinule mean?

american gallinule means "American purple gallinule".

What is another word for american gallinule?

Close synonyms include Porphyrula martinica. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is american gallinule a common word?

american gallinule is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.