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crake
crake C0721000 (krāk)n. Any of several short-billed birds of the family Rallidae, such as the corncrake.
[Middle English, crow, probably from Old Norse krāka; see gerə- in Indo-European roots.]crake (kreɪk) n (Zoology) zoology any of several rails that occur in the Old World, such as the corncrake and the spotted crake[C14: from Old Norse krāka crow or krākr raven, of imitative origin]crake (kreɪk)
n. any of several short-billed rails, as the corn crake. [1275–1325; Middle English < Old Norse krākr, krāki crow1] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  crake - any of several short-billed Old World railsrail - any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mudcorncrake, Crex crex, land rail - common Eurasian rail that frequents grain fieldsPorzana porzana, spotted crake - Eurasian rail of swamps and marshes |
Translationscrake
crake: see railrail,
common name for some members of the large family Rallidae, marsh and tropical forest birds that include the gallinule and the coot, two specialized rails. Rails are cosmopolitan in distribution, except in polar regions.
..... Click the link for more information. .crake Zoology any of several rails that occur in the Old World, such as the corncrake and the spotted crake crake
Related to crake: drakeWords related to crakenoun any of several short-billed Old World railsRelated Words- rail
- corncrake
- Crex crex
- land rail
- Porzana porzana
- spotted crake
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