sultana bird

sultana bird
A purple swamphen, Porphyrio porphyrio.

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  • Sultana bird — Sultana Sul*ta na, n. [It.] 1. The wife of a sultan; a sultaness. [1913 Webster] 2. pl. A kind of seedless raisin produced near Smyrna in Asiatic Turkey. [1913 Webster] {Sultana bird} (Zo[ o]l.), the hyacinthine, or purple, gallinule. See Illust …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sultana bird — noun see sultana 2 * * * sultana bird, = sultana (def. 4). (Cf. ↑sultana) …   Useful english dictionary

  • sultana bird — /sʌlˈtanə bɜd/ (say sul tahnuh berd) noun → purple swamphen …  

  • Sultana — (Arabic: سلطانه ) has multiple meanings: * Sultana (grape) is a variety of white seedless grape, especially in its dried form as a type of raisin * Sultana (title) is a common Western styling for the wife of a Sultan or a female Sultan * Sultana… …   Wikipedia

  • Sultana — Sul*ta na, n. [It.] 1. The wife of a sultan; a sultaness. [1913 Webster] 2. pl. A kind of seedless raisin produced near Smyrna in Asiatic Turkey. [1913 Webster] {Sultana bird} (Zo[ o]l.), the hyacinthine, or purple, gallinule. See Illust. under… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Purple Swamphen — Taxobox name = Purple Swamphen status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 image caption = P. p. poliocephalus Thommana, Irinjalakuda, Kerala, India regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Gruiformes familia = Rallidae genus =… …   Wikipedia

  • purple swamphen — /pɜpəl ˈswɒmphɛn/ (say perpuhl swomphen) noun a common and widespread waterbird of the rail family, Porphyrio porphyrio, a large black bird with a rich purple breast and bright red beak and shield, which inhabits the margins of lakes, swamps and… …  

  • purple swamphen — noun A species of the Rallidae family, Porphyrio porphyrio. Syn: African purple swamphen, purple coot, purple gallinule, purple moorhen, sultana bird …   Wiktionary

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