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SPOTTED CRAKE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spotted crake mean?
• SPOTTED CRAKE (noun)
The noun SPOTTED CRAKE has 1 sense:
1. Eurasian rail of swamps and marshes
Familiarity information: SPOTTED CRAKE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Eurasian rail of swamps and marshes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Porzana porzana; spotted crake
Hypernyms ("spotted crake" is a kind of...):
crake (any of several short-billed Old World rails)
Holonyms ("spotted crake" is a member of...):
genus Porzana; Porzana (spotted crakes)
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