moorhen

English

A moorhen Gallinula chloropus

Etymology

From Middle English morhen, perhaps from Old English *mōrhenn, an alteration of Old English wōrhenn (compare coordinate masculine term mōrhana, a possible corruption of wōrhana (“pheasant”)), equivalent to moor +‎ hen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuɹ.hɛn/

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Noun

moorhen (plural moorhens)

1. Any of various medium-sized water birds of the genus Gallinula, of the rail family, that feed in open water margins.

   Synonyms: marsh hen, gallinule

2. (British) A female red grouse, Lagopus lagopus scotica.

Synonyms

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• moggy (British slang)
• stank hen
• stankie

Derived terms

• common moorhen, Gallinula chloropus
• dusky moorhen, Gallinula tenebrosa
• European moorhen
• lesser moorhen, Gallinula angulata

 

Related terms

• moorbird
• moorcock
• moorfowl

 

Translations

water birds of the genus Gallinula

• Asturian: gallineta (ast), andarríos (ast)
• Breton: douryar (br) f
• Bulgarian: водна кокошка f (vodna kokoška)
• Catalan: polla d'aigua f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黑水雞／黑水鸡 (hēishuǐjī)

• Czech: slípka (cs) f
• Dhivehi: އޮޅުވަލު ކަނބިލި (oḷuvalu kaᵐbili)
• Dutch: waterhoen (nl) n
• Esperanto: galinolo
• Finnish: liejukana (fi)
• French: poule d’eau (fr) f
• Galician: pita cega (gl) f, arcea (gl) f, galiñola f
• German: Teichralle (de) f
• Greek: νερόκοτα (el) f (nerókota)
• Hungarian: vízityúk (hu)
• Irish: cearc uisce f
• Italian: gallinella d'acqua (it) f
• Kapampangan: patirik-tirik
• Norman: poule dg'ieau f (Jersey)
• Polish: kokoszka (pl) f
• Portuguese: frango-d'água m, galinha-d'água f
• Romanian: găinușă (ro) f, găinușă-de-baltă (ro) f
• Russian: камы́шница (ru) f (kamýšnica)
• Serbo-Croatian: mlakuša (sh) f, zelenonoga guša (sh) f
• Spanish: gallineta de agua f
• Swedish: rörhöna (sv) c
• Venetian: sfoio m, viatàra f
• Welsh: iâr ddŵr f

References

• moorhen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Gallinula on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Lagopus lagopus scotica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

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