any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens
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n web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks n a man who is a stupid incompetent fool n flesh of a goose (domestic or wild)
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web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks n
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n web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks n a man who is a stupid incompetent fool n flesh of a goose (domestic or wild) v pinch in the buttocks v prod into action v give a spurt of fuel to
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small compact-bodied almost completely aquatic bird that builds floating nests
