גִּירוּתָא, girutha, name of an unclean bird, supposed to be moor-hen. Ḥull. 62ᵇ; Nidd. 50ᵇ expl. the hen of the marshes. Ḥull. 109ᵇ we are forbidden ג׳ to eat girutha. [Ar. גּוּרִיתָא, v. Koh. Ar. Compl. II, 378ᵃ.]