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porphyrio

porphyrio noun: a swamphen.

Noun

porphyrio (plural porphyrios)

  1. A swamphen.

Forms of porphyrio

pluralporphyrios

Origin of porphyrio

From the genus name Porphyrio.

Questions about porphyrio

What does porphyrio mean?
Porphyrio means a swamphen.
What part of speech is porphyrio?
Porphyrio is a noun.
What is the plural of porphyrio?
The plural of porphyrio is porphyrios.

Words near porphyrio in the dictionary

  1. porphyrinoids
  2. porphyrinopathies
  3. porphyrinopathy
  4. porphyrins
  5. porphyrinuria
  6. porphyrio
  7. porphyrios
  8. porphyrise
  9. porphyrised
  10. porphyrises
  11. porphyrising

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