1. (noun) a coot found in North America

• american coot
• fulica americana
• mud hen
• water hen

2. (noun) any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens

• gallinule
• swamphen
• water hen

1. (noun) a coot found in North America

• coot

2. (noun) any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens

• aquatic bird

1. (noun) any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens

• florida gallinule
• gallinula chloropus cachinnans
• gallinula chloropus
• moorhen
• purple gallinule

1. (noun) a coot found in North America

• fulica
• genus fulica

2. (noun) any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens

• gallinula
• genus gallinula