crake
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a kind of bird – related to rails — a wet land bird with a narrow body and short legs; a general name given to a group of wet land birds, common in many parts of the world; in general, long-billed group of these birds is called ‘rails’, and short-billed group is called ‘crakes’.
Some common crakes are: corncrake, Baillon’s crake, ruddy-breasted crake, spotless crake, spotted crake, gray-breasted crake, paint billed crake, uniform crake, rufous-sided crake, black crake
Figures of Speech:
to listen to the crake in the corn [said of lovers spending time together in the open air, usually on summer nights]
to listen to the crake in the corn [said of lovers spending time together in the open air, usually on summer nights]
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