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Definition of Porzana Tabuensis

Porzana Tabuensis
Swamp Swamp, n. [Cf. AS. swam a fungus, OD. swam a sponge, D. zwam a fungus, G. schwamm a sponge, Icel. sv["o]ppr, Dan. & Sw. swamp, Goth. swamms, Gr. somfo`s porous, spongy.] Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the seashore. Gray swamps and pools, waste places of the hern. --Tennyson. A swamp differs from a bog and a marsh in producing trees and shrubs, while the latter produce only herbage, plants, and mosses. --Farming Encyc. (E. Edwards, Words). Swamp blackbird. (Zo["o]l.) See Redwing (b) . Swamp cabbage (Bot.), skunk cabbage. Swamp deer (Zo["o]l.), an Asiatic deer (Rucervus Duvaucelli) of India. Swamp hen. (Zo["o]l.) (a) An Australian azure-breasted bird (Porphyrio bellus); -- called also goollema. (b) An Australian water crake, or rail (Porzana Tabuensis); -- called also little swamp hen. (c) The European purple gallinule. Swamp honeysuckle (Bot.), an American shrub (Azalea, or Rhododendron, viscosa) growing in swampy places, with fragrant flowers of a white color, or white tinged with rose; -- called also swamp pink. Swamp hook, a hook and chain used by lumbermen in handling logs. Cf. Cant hook. Swamp itch. (Med.) See Prairie itch, under Prairie. Swamp laurel (Bot.), a shrub (Kalmia glauca) having small leaves with the lower surface glaucous. Swamp maple (Bot.), red maple. See Maple. Swamp oak (Bot.), a name given to several kinds of oak which grow in swampy places, as swamp Spanish oak (Quercus palustris), swamp white oak (Q. bicolor), swamp post oak (Q. lyrata). Swamp ore (Min.), bog ore; limonite. Swamp partridge (Zo["o]l.), any one of several Australian game birds of the genera Synoicus and Excalfatoria, allied to the European partridges. Swamp robin (Zo["o]l.), the chewink. Swamp sassafras (Bot.), a small North American tree of the genus Magnolia (M. glauca) with aromatic leaves and fragrant creamy-white blossoms; -- called also sweet bay. Swamp sparrow (Zo["o]l.), a common North American sparrow (Melospiza Georgiana, or M. palustris), closely resembling the song sparrow. It lives in low, swampy places. Swamp willow. (Bot.) See Pussy willow, under Pussy.

Meaning of Porzana Tabuensis from wikipedia

- anagram of the genus Porzana that was introduced by the French ornithologist Louis-Pierre Vieillot. The specific epithet tabuensis is from Tongatapu, Tahiti...
- small-m****ed rails, Gallirallus philippensis, Porphyrio porphyrio, and Porzana tabuensis, exhibit a persistently high ability to dis**** long distances among...
- Porzana pusilla - Aus Australian spotted crake, Porzana fluminea - Aus Ruddy-breasted crake, Porzana fusca - Aus Spotless crake, Porzana tabuensis -...
- Binomial name †Za****ia monasa (Kittlitz, 1858) Synonyms Rallus monasa Kittlitz, 1858 Aphanolymnas monasa (Kittlitz, 1858) Porzana monasa (Kittlitz, 1858)...
- barring of the lower belly and undertail coverts often seen in the genera Porzana and Rallus was much reduced. Feet and bill were a yellowish-olive green...
- subspecies of Z. tabuensis "Porzana" sp. – Lesser Mangaia crake – possibly subspecies of Z. tabuensis "Porzana" sp. – Malakula crake "Porzana" sp. – Marquesas...
- pectoralis Buff-banded rail Gallirallus philippensis Spotless crake Porzana tabuensis Purple swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio Dusky moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa...
- wetland birds, including spotless crake/pūweto (Porzana tabuensis plumbea), marsh crake/koitareke (Porzana pusilla), North Island fernbird/mātātā (Bowdleria...
- Gallirallus philippensis mellori Rallidae Spotted crake Porzana fluminea Rallidae Spotless crake Porzana tabuensis Rallidae Pied oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris...
- The great Maui crake or great Maui rail ("Porzana" severnsi) is an extinct bird species from Maui, Hawaiian Islands, known only from subfossil bones....