Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for GAL'LI-NULE
GAL'LI-NIP-PERGAL'LIOT, or GAL'LEOT
GAL'LI-NULE, n. [L. gallinula, dim. of gallina, a hen.]
A tribe of fowls of the grallic order, included under the genus Fulica, with the coot.
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