coot

English Thesaurus

1. slate-black slow-flying birds somewhat resembling ducks (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	rail,
definition	:	any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	american coot, fulica americana, marsh hen, mud hen, water hen,
definition	:	a coot found in North America (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	fulica atra, old world coot,
definition	:	a coot found in Eurasia (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	fulica, genus fulica,
definition	:	coots (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	covert,
definition	:	a flock of coots (noun.group)