Home › Words › G › gallinulegallinule/ˈɡælɪnjuːl/gallinule means A bird of one of several species in the genera Porphyrio and Gallinula of the family Rallidae.gallinule is pronounced /ˈɡælɪnjuːl/.EtymologyFrom French gallinule, from Latin gallinula.nounA bird of one of several species in the genera Porphyrio and Gallinula of the family Rallidae.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).