crake

crake  (krk)

n.

Any of several short-billed birds of the family Rallidae, such as the corncrake.

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[Middle English, crow, probably from Old Norse krka; see ger-² in Indo-European roots.]

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crake

Noun

Zool a bird of the rail family, such as the corncrake [Old Norse krāka crow or krākr raven]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

crake - any of several short-billed Old World rails rail - any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud corncrake, Crex crex, land rail - common Eurasian rail that frequents grain fields Porzana porzana, spotted crake - Eurasian rail of swamps and marshes