crakes in English
noun
1
a bird of the rail family, especially one with a short bill like the corncrake.
Like other crakes the corncrake was more prone than most to colliding with overhead wires.
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1. Crake (plural Crakes) Any of several birds of the family Rallidae that have short bills.
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3. The Coot is a small members of the rail, or Rallidae, family.They are genetically related to rails, moorhens, crakes, gallinules, and more.Most Coots have short beaks, fleshy frontal shields on their foreheads, and stout bodies.