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Meaning of WATER COCK

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Wa"ter cock`\ (Zo["o]l.)
A large gallinule ({Gallicrex cristatus}) native of
Australia, India, and the East Indies. In the breeding season
the male is black and has a fleshy red caruncle, or horn, on
the top of its head. Called also {kora}.
 
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