CRAKE (3)

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Crake, n. [[Cf. Icel. krāka crow, krākr raven, Sw. kråka, Dan. krage; perh. of imitative origin. Cf. Crow.]] (Zoöl.) Any species or rail of the genera Crex and Porzana; — so called from its singular cry. See Corncrake.