corncrake

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈkɔːnkreɪk/
• (America) IPA: /ˈkɔrnˌkreɪk/

Noun

corncrake (plural corncrakes)

1. A bird of the rail family, Crex crex, that breeds in meadows and arable farmland across Europe and western Asia, migrating to Africa in winter.

Synonyms

• landrail

Translations

• French: râle des genêts, roi des cailles, roi caille
• German: Wachtelkönig, Wiesenralle
• Italian: re di quaglie, gallinella terrestre
• Portuguese: codornizão
• Russian: дерга́ч
• Spanish: guión de codornices, rey de codornices

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