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a short-billed Eurasian rail, Crex crex, frequenting grainfields. Also called land rail.[1545-55]
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corn crake
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corn crake — corn′ crake n. orn a short billed Eurasian rail, Crex crex • Etymology: 1545–55 … From formal English to slang
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corn crake — a short billed Eurasian rail, Crex crex, frequenting grainfields. Also called land rail. [1545 55] * * * corn crake, a bird of the same family as the rail, common in meadows and grainfields in Europe. * * * (also corncrake) n. a secretive… … Useful english dictionary
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Corn — is an English word dating back to Anglo Saxon times or earlier meaning cereal or grain. It commonly refers, in modern American usage, to Indian corn, that is, maize, but can also refer to wheat, barley, rye and so on.Early Modern English… … Wikipedia
crake — /krayk/, n. any of several short billed rails, esp. the corn crake. [1275 1325; ME < ON krakr, kraki CROW] * * * ▪ bird any of numerous marsh birds of the family Rallidae (order Gruiformes), generally any small rail (q.v.) in which the bill is… … Universalium
corn bird — Corncrake Corn crake (k[^o]rn kr[=a]k ), n. (Zo[ o]l.) A bird ({Crex crex} or {Crex pratensis}) which frequents grain fields; the European crake or land rail; called also {corn bird}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
crake — [[t]kreɪk[/t]] n. orn any of several short billed rails, as the corn crake • Etymology: 1275–1325; ME < ON krākr, krāki crow I … From formal English to slang
