Meaning

1 senses
  1. A bird of the rail family, Crex crex, that breeds in meadows and arable farmland across Europe and western Asia, migrating to Africa in winter.

    Wachtelkönig, Wiesenralle

    дерга́чdergáč, коросте́льkorostélʹ

    дерка́чderkáč

More definitions
  • common Eurasian rail that frequents grain fields

Translations

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Українська
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the bird Crex crex:
Русский
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the bird Crex crex:
Deutsch
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the bird Crex crex:

Origin

From corn + crake.

From corn + crake.

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Forms

plural: corncrakes

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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