Usage of "common moorhen"

rus

portuguès

espanyol

català

Species of bird.

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Examples for "moorhen"

Such a comparison would have been an insult to the moorhen. 
 A Traveller in Little Things 

If the moorhen is the culprit, there is not much I can do. 
 The Guardian 

In moorhen culture, males do most of the work of sitting on eggs. 
 Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation 

A woodpecker cackles, a moorhen parps, and a profound peace settles upon us. 
 The Guardian 

If it is the moorhen, why do it at all? 
 The Guardian 

The waterhens had already gone from certain stretches and the mink was blamed. 
 The Irish Times 

The small lake will delight youngster with its ducks and waterhens. 
 Independent.ie 

There are also three nesting pairs of mute swans, a heron and waterhens. 
 The Irish Times 

Blue Midge,-featherof Waterhen's neck,-leadcoloured silk for body, grizzled hackle for legs. 
 The Teesdale Angler 

And there is some cheerful news, for he has seen waterhens around his stretch. 
 The Irish Times 

Meanings of common moorhen in anglès