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(krāk)

noun pl. crakes or crake

any of several rails with long legs and a short bill; esp., the corncrake

Origin: ME crak < ON kraka, crow

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noun

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

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Origin: Middle English, crow

Origin: , probably from Old Norse krāka; see gerə-² in Indo-European roots

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