corncrake Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

Corn"crake` noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A bird (Crex crex or C. pratensis) which frequents grain fields; the European crake or land rail; -- called also corn bird.

Webster 1913