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water hen

any of various birds (family Rallidae), including certain gallinules and the American coot (Fulica americana)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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