crake

crake

 (krāk)

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 krāka; see gerə- in Indo-European roots.]

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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]

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crake

(kreɪk)

n.

any of several short-billed rails, as the corn crake.

[1275–1325; Middle English < Old Norse krākr, krāki crow¹]

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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

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Translations

дергачкоростель

crake

n → Ralle f

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