moorhen

English

A moorhen Gallinula chloropus

Wikispecies

Wikispecies

Etymology

Equivalent to moor +‎ hen, from Old English mōrhana, perhaps a corruption of wōrhana (“pheasant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuɹ.hɛn/

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.
2. (British) A female red grouse, .

Synonyms

• gallinule
• moggy (British slang)

Derived terms

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

Translations

water birds of the genus Gallinula

• Breton: douryar (br) f
• Catalan: polla d'aigua f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黑水雞／黑水鸡, 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
• German: Teichralle (de) f
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• Greek: νερόκοτα (el) f (nerókota)
• Irish: cearc uisce f
• Italian: gallinella d'acqua (it) f
• Norman: poule dg'ieau f (Jersey)
• Polish: kokoszka (pl)
• 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

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