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moorhen definition

moor·hen (-hen′)

noun

  1. Brit. the female moorfowl, or red grouse
  2. the nearly worldwide common gallinule (Gallinula chloropus)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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