Land rail Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun common Eurasian rail that frequents grain fields
    Crex crex; corncrake.

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Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.), the corncrake.
Definitions
  1. . (Zoöl) (a) The crake or corncrake of Europe . See Crake. (b) An Australian rail (Hypotænidia Phillipensis); called also pectoral rail.

Webster 1913