aquatic bird vs gallinule

gallinule vs aquatic bird

aquatic bird and gallinule both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
aquatic bird	Yes	No	No	No
gallinule	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, gallinule is a hyponym of aquatic bird; that is, gallinule is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than aquatic bird:

aquatic bird: wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water
gallinule: any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens

Other hyponyms of aquatic bird include water bird, waterbird, waterfowl, swan, wader, wading bird, marsh hen, swamphen, water hen, sea bird, seabird, seafowl.

aquatic bird (noun)	gallinule (noun)
wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water	any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens

Difference between aquatic bird and gallinule

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