Definition of Porphyrio porphyrio

1. Noun. Purple gallinule of southern Europe.

Exact synonyms: European Gallinule
Generic synonyms: Purple Gallinule

Lexicographical Neighbors of Porphyrio Porphyrio

Populus heterophylla
Populus nigra
Populus nigra italica
Populus tremula
Populus tremuloides
Populus trichocarpa
Porcellio
Porcellionidae
Pordenone
Pori
Porifera
Poronotus
Poronotus triacanthus
Porphyra
Porphyrio
Porphyrio porphyrio (current term)
Porphyrula
Porphyrula martinica
Porroh
Porscha
Porsche
Porsches
Port-Vila
Port-au-Prince
Port-of-Spain
Port Arthur
Port Blair
Port Elizabeth
Port Jackson fig
Port Jackson heath

Literary usage of Porphyrio porphyrio

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1897)
"The eggs vary very much in shape. Axis, 1-1-1-95 inches ; diam., 1-1-1-4 THE PURPLE GALLINULES. GENUS PORPHYRIO. Porphyrio, Briss. Orn. vi. p. 522 (1760). ..."

2. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1829)
"... thighs, and rump, white; quills and tail, brown; bill, yellow. Cayenne. The Gallinula Flavirostris of Lath. and Temm. Green-mantled Porphyrio. Porphyrio ..."

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