| 单词 | king rail |
| 释义 | > as lemmasking rail king rail n. a large North American rail, Rallus elegans, typically found in marshland, having brown, speckled plumage and a long, downward-curving beak.The king rail is the largest species of rail found in North America. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > family Rallidae (rail) > genus Rallus > rallus elegans (king-rail) king rail1835 king ortolan1862 1835 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. III. 28 They now and then obtained a few of these birds, which they considered as very rare, and knew only by the name of ‘King Rails’. 1888 G. Trumbull Names & Portraits Birds 125 The present species [sc. Rallus elegans]..being the King Rail of ‘the books’. 2011 Facts (Brazoria County, Texas) 21 Apr. 4 a/2 The king rail is a chicken-like bird that likes to hang out in marshes. < as lemmas |
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