Main Entry: gal·li·nule

Pronunciation: \ˈga-lə-ˌnül, -ˌnyül\

Function: 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