porphyrio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

porphyrĭo, ōnis, m., = πορφυρίων,

a species of water-fowl , the sultana-hen , porphyrton (Fulica porphyrio, Linn.), Plin. 10, 16, 63, § 129; Vulg. Lev. 11, 18.

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