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LAND RAIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does land rail mean? 

LAND RAIL (noun)
  The noun LAND RAIL has 1 sense:

1. common Eurasian rail that frequents grain fieldsplay

  Familiarity information: LAND RAIL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LAND RAIL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Common Eurasian rail that frequents grain fields

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

corncrake; Crex crex; land rail

Hypernyms ("land rail" is a kind of...):

crake (any of several short-billed Old World rails)

Holonyms ("land rail" is a member of...):

Crex; genus Crex (corncrakes)


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