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moorhen (iou)



moorhen noun. ME.
[from MOOR noun1 + HEN noun.]
An aquatic bird of the rail family, Gallinula chloropus, with chiefly brownish-black and grey plumage and a reddish bill extended into a plate on the forehead, found on or near fresh water in temperate and tropical regions (also called waterhen, (US) common gallinule). Also, any of various other rails, chiefly of the genus Gallinula. ME.
A female red grouse. ME.