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Gal"li*nip`per (?), n. A large
mosquito.

Gal"li*nule (?), n. [L.
gallinula chicken, dim. of gallina hen: cf. F.
gallinule.] (Zoöl.) One of several wading
birds, having long, webless toes, and a frontal shield, belonging to
the family Rallidae. They are remarkable for running rapidly
over marshes and on floating plants. The purple gallinule of America
is Ionornis Martinica, that of the Old World is Porphyrio
porphyrio. The common European gallinule (Gallinula
chloropus) is also called moor hen, water hen,
water rail, moor coot, night bird, and
erroneously dabchick. Closely related to it is the Florida
gallinule (Gallinula galeata).

&fist; The purple gallinule of Southern Europe and Asia was
formerly believed to be able to detect and report adultery, and for
that reason, chiefly, it was commonly domesticated by the
ancients.

Gal"li*ot (?), n. See
Galiot.

Gal*lip"o*li oil` (?). An inferior kind of olive
oil, brought from Gallipoli, in Italy.


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