MARSH HEN as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens
   Synonym(s)
   • gallinule (what does gallinule mean?)
   • swamphen (what does swamphen mean?)
   • water hen (what does water hen mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) marsh hen is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • aquatic bird (what does aquatic bird mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • Florida gallinule (what does Florida gallinule mean?)
   • Gallinula chloropus cachinnans (what does Gallinula chloropus cachinnans mean?)
   • moorhen (what does moorhen mean?)
   • Gallinula chloropus (what does Gallinula chloropus mean?)
   • purple gallinule (what does purple gallinule mean?)
2. Meaning
   • North American coot
   Synonym(s)
   • American coot (what does American coot mean?)
   • Fulica americana (what does Fulica americana mean?)
   • mud hen (what does mud hen mean?)
   • water hen (what does water hen mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) marsh hen is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • coot (what does coot mean?)