corn crake

A form of corncrake — 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.

Meanings

nouncorn crake (plural corn crakes)

plural corn crakes

  1. alternativeAlternative form of corncrake.
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