fulica americana

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   a coot found in North America

   SynonymsAmerican cootmarsh henmud henwater hen

   Broadercoot

   Part ofFulica

Questions about fulica americana

What does fulica americana mean?

fulica americana means "a coot found in North America".

What is another word for fulica americana?

Close synonyms include American coot, marsh hen, mud hen, water hen. 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 fulica americana a common word?

fulica americana 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.