transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈga-lə-ˌnül, -ˌnyül ]
noun
Etymology: New Latin Gallinula, genus of birds, from Latin, pullet, diminutive of gallina
Date: 1776
: any of several aquatic birds of the rail family with long thin feet and a platelike frontal area on the head: as
a. : moorhen
b. : one ( Porphyrula martinica ) found from the southern United States to Argentina that is purplish blue with olive-green upperparts, a red and yellow bill, and a light blue frontal area