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Meanings of moorhen in English

Spanish
gallinula

Black gallinule that inhabits ponds and lakes.

        gallinula
        Usage of moorhen in English
        1
        Such a comparison would have been an insult to the moorhen.
        A Traveller in Little Things
        2
        If the moorhen is the culprit, there is not much I can do.
        The Guardian
        3
        In moorhen culture, males do most of the work of sitting on eggs.
        Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation
        4
        A woodpecker cackles, a moorhen parps, and a profound peace settles upon us.
        The Guardian
        5
        If it is the moorhen, why do it at all?
        The Guardian
        6
        From the sedges came the curious cry of the moorhen; a bright kingfisher went by.
        After London; Or, Wild England
        7
        A moorhen joins in with a sudden screechy warning.
        The great lover
        8
        There are two possible culprits: rabbits or moorhen.
        The Guardian
        9
        A moorhen vanishes into iris lining the stream.
        The Guardian
        10
        And I saw the moorhen sitting yester eve!
        The Armourer's Prentices
        11
        The chain-trail of the moorhen reduplicated itself.
        The Way of the Wild
        12
        My name's Jerome, and I'm a moorhen.
        Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation
        13
        Carefully looking over that side again, the moorhen who had been out rushed back; the water-rat was gone.
        Nature Near London
        14
        The nightingales sang, the thrushes flew out before them, the wild duck and moorhen glanced on the pools.
        The Armourer's Prentices
        15
        With the ducks come teal and widgeon and moorhen, till the swampy meadow resounds with their strange cries.
        The Amateur Poacher
        16
        The "Buzzard lope" and the crane's stately stride are imitable by man, but not the moorhen's gait.
        A Traveller in Little Things
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        Translations for moorhen
        Spanish
        gallinula
        Moorhen through the time