Wa’ter-hēn, n.
n. (Ornith.) A water-fowl of the genus Gallinula (G. chloropus), belonging to the family of the rails, and so named from its resemblance to the common domestic fowl; gallinule. Nuttall.
n. (Ornith.) A water-fowl of the genus Gallinula (G. chloropus), belonging to the family of the rails, and so named from its resemblance to the common domestic fowl; gallinule. Nuttall.