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Meaning of CORNCRAKE

Pronunciation:  'kowrnkreyk

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  common Eurasian rail that frequents grain fields
 

CORNCRAKE is a 9 letter word that starts with C.

 

 Synonyms: Crex crex, land rail
 
 See Also: crake, Crex, genus Crex

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Corn"crake`\ (-kr?k`), n. (Zo["o]l.)
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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