crakes

Variant of crake

crake definition

crake (krāk)

noun pl. crakes or crake

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

Etymology: ME crak < ON kraka, crow

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