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Wa´ter cock`


1.(Zool.) A large gallinule (Gallicrex cristatus) native of Australia, India, and the East Indies. In the breeding season the male is black and has a fleshy red caruncle, or horn, on the top of its head. Called also kora.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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