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What (who) is moor-hen - definition

GENUS OF BIRDS
Gallinule; Gallinula; Moor hen; Moor-hen; Moor hens; Reedhen; Pareudiastes; Native-hen; Native hen; Native Hen; Moor-Hen; Nativehen; Gelinotes; Gelinote; Porphyriornis; Pareuduiastes; Marsh hen (bird)
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  • Flightless [[Tasmanian native hen]], ''Tribonyx mortierii''

moor-hen         
n.
Gallinule, water-hen, spotted crake (Gallinula chloropus, or Crex porzana).
Gallinule         
·noun One of several wading birds, having long, webless toes, and a frontal shield, belonging to the family Rallidae. They are remarkable for running rapidly over marshes and on floating plants. The purple gallinule of America is Ionornis Martinica, that of the Old World is Porphyrio porphyrio. The common European gallinule (Gallinula chloropus) is also called moor hen, water hen, water rail, moor coot, night bird, and erroneously dabchick. Closely related to it is the Florida gallinule (Gallinula galeata).
gallinule         
n.
Water-hen, moor-hen, spotted crake (Crex porzana).

Wikipedia

Moorhen

Moorhens—sometimes called marsh hens—are medium-sized water birds that are members of the rail family (Rallidae). Most species are placed in the genus Gallinula, Latin for "little hen". They are close relatives of coots. They are often referred to as (black) gallinules. Recently, one of the species of Gallinula was found to have enough differences to form a new genus Paragallinula with the only species being the lesser moorhen (Paragallinula angulata).

Two species from the Australian region, sometimes separated in Tribonyx, are called "native hens" (also native-hen or nativehen). The native hens differ visually by shorter, thicker and stubbier toes and bills, and longer tails that lack the white signal pattern of typical moorhens.