gallinules

gallinules
(gal-li-nu-l') s. f. pl.
Terme de zoologie. Famille d'oiseaux ayant pour type la poule d'eau (gallinule chlorope), dite aussi colin noir.
   Nom donné par certains auteurs au genre d'oiseaux échassiers que d'autres appellent râle, et dans lequel on distingue : la gallinule de genêt, ou mieux gallinule crex, nommée autrefois râle de genêt, appelée aussi crek, roi des cailles, et râle rouge ; la gallinule noire, qui était jadis le râle noir ; et la gallinule de la Jamaïque, râle de la Jamaïque, dite vulgairement bidi-bidi et bidi, LEGOARANT.
   Diminutif du latin gallina, poule.

Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré. . 1872-1877.

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