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Gallinula chloropus
Gallinule Gal"li*nule, n. [L. gallinula chicken, dim. of gallina hen: cf. F. gallinule.] (Zo["o]l.) 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). Note: The purple gallinule of Southern Europe and Asia was formerly believed to be able to detect and report adultery, and for that reason, chiefly, it was commonly domesticated by the ancients.

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- expressly says that Oropus was upon the sea; and the inhabitants had probably returned to their old town long before his time. Although Oropus was so frequently...
- genus Oropus: Oropus abbreviatus Casey, 1886 Oropus acriculus Schuster and Grigarick, 1960 Oropus a****enis Schuster and Grigarick, 1960 Oropus basalis...
- bounds of the muni****lity, was the site an important ancient Gr**** city, Oropus, and the famous nearby sanctuary of Amphiaraos is still visible today. The...
- Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad. It seems to have included the city of Oropus, though by the fifth century BCE it was probably a kome (district) of that...
- Oropus cavicauda is a species of ant-loving beetle in the family Staphylinidae. It is found in North America. "Oropus cavicauda Report". Integrated Taxonomic...
- Oropus striatus is a species of ant-loving beetle in the family Staphylinidae. It is found in North America. "Oropus striatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic...
- Parnes, which leads from the northeastern part of the Athenian plain to Oropus, and from thence both to Tanagra on the one hand, and to Delium and Chalcis...
- The Athenians, however, did not conquer the island, but instead sailed to Oropus on the coast of Boeotia. The hoplites landed on s**** and marched towards...
- that Iaso blushed upon his p****ing gas. In the temple of Amphiaraus at Oropus a part of the altar was dedicated to her, in common with Aphrodite, Panaceia...
- The boundary line came down toward the sea, bounded by the district of Oropus on the right and by the river Asopus on the left. During antiquity, the...