Meanings
nounRouget's rail (plural Rouget's rails)
plural Rouget's rails
- A bird from the family Rallidae, Rougetius rougetii.
Origin
Named after Jules Rouget.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch Rougets ral
- Rougets ralbird
French râle de Rouget
- râle de Rougetbird
German Braunralle
- Braunrallebird
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