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corncrake
CIDE DICTIONARY
corncrake, n.
A bird (Crex crex or Crex pratensis ) which frequents grain fields; the European crake or land rail; -- called also corn bird . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
corncrake, n. a rail, Crex crex, inhabiting grassland and nesting on the ground.
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