Porphyrio
noun
Por·phyr·io
pȯ(r)ˈfirēˌō
1
: a genus of Old World birds (family Rallidae) containing the purple swamphen and takahe
2
porphyrio plural porphyrios
: any bird of the genus Porphyrio
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