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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

moorhen

· IPA /ˈmʊɹˌhɛn/
01 n. A black gallinule (Gallinula chloropus) that inhabits ponds and lakes.
  1. 1.
    A black gallinule (Gallinula chloropus) that inhabits ponds and lakes.(Zool.)
  2. 2.
    The female of the moor fowl; the moor hen. Also: moor hen See: moor fowl
Syn. Gallinula chloropus.