genus porphyrio

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   Old World purple gallinules

   SynonymsPorphyrio

   Broaderbird genus

   Part ofRallidae

Questions about genus porphyrio

What does genus porphyrio mean?

genus porphyrio means "Old World purple gallinules".

What is another word for genus porphyrio?

Close synonyms include 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 genus porphyrio a common word?

genus porphyrio 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.