Definition of crake

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Crake (n.) Any species or rail of the genera Crex and Porzana; -- so called from its singular cry. See Corncrake.

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Water Crake :: Water crake () The swamp hen, or crake, of Australia..
Sora :: Sora (n.) A North American rail (Porzana Carolina) common in the Eastern United States. Its back is golden brown, varied with black and white, the front of the head and throat black, the breast and sides of the head and neck slate-colored. Called also American rail, Carolina rail, Carolina crake, common rail, sora rail, soree, meadow chicken, and orto..
Turnstone :: Turnstone (n.) Any species of limicoline birds of the genera Strepsilas and Arenaria, allied to the plovers, especially the common American and European species (Strepsilas interpres). They are so called from their habit of turning up small stones in search of mollusks and other aquatic animals. Called also brant bird, sand runner, sea quail, sea lark, sparkback, and skirlcrake..
Craker :: Craker (n.) One who boasts; a braggart.
Skitty :: Skitty (n.) A rail; as, the water rail (called also skitty cock, and skitty coot); the spotted crake (Porzana maruetta), and the moor hen..
Crake :: Crake (n.) Any species or rail of the genera Crex and Porzana; -- so called from its singular cry. See Corncrake.
Skirlcrake :: Skirlcrake (n.) The turnstone.
Crowberry :: Crowberry (n.) A heathlike plant of the genus Empetrum, and its fruit, a black, scarcely edible berry; -- also called crakeberry..
Water Crake :: Water crake () The dipper.
Daker Hen :: Daker hen () The corncrake or land rail.
Crake :: Crake (n.) A boast. See Crack, n..
Crakeberry :: Crakeberry (n.) See Crowberry.
Crake :: Crake (v. t. & i.) To boast; to speak loudly and boastfully.
Water Crake :: Water crake () The spotted crake (Porzana maruetta). See Illust. of Crake.
Crake :: Crake (v. t. & i.) To cry out harshly and loudly, like the bird called crake..
Corncrake :: Corncrake (n.) A bird (Crex crex or C. pratensis) which frequents grain fields; the European crake or land rail; -- called also corn bird.
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