any of several rails that occur in the Old World, such as the corncrake and the spotted crake
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crake
(krāk),USA pronunciation n.
- Birdsany of several short-billed rails, esp. the corn crake.
- Old Norse krākr, krāki crow
- Middle English 1275–1325
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