european gallinule

1. 1.

   purple gallinule of southern Europe

   SynonymsPorphyrio porphyrio

   Broaderpurple gallinule

Questions about european gallinule

What does european gallinule mean?

european gallinule means "purple gallinule of southern Europe".

What is another word for european gallinule?

Close synonyms include Porphyrio porphyrio. 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 european gallinule a common word?

european 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.