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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The common spotted crake of Europe, Porzana maruetta: distinguished from the land-crake, Crex pratensis.
  • noun The water-rail, Rallus aquaticus. Montagu.
  • noun The water-ouzel: a misnomer. Willughby; Ray.

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