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corn·crake (-krāk′)

noun

a brown, short-billed N European rail (Crex crex), often found in grainfields

Etymology: see crake

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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