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CORNCRAKE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does corncrake mean?
• CORNCRAKE (noun)
The noun CORNCRAKE has 1 sense:
1. common Eurasian rail that frequents grain fields
Familiarity information: CORNCRAKE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Common Eurasian rail that frequents grain fields
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
corncrake; Crex crex; land rail
Hypernyms ("corncrake" is a kind of...):
crake (any of several short-billed Old World rails)
Holonyms ("corncrake" is a member of...):
Crex; genus Crex (corncrakes)
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