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.

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Meanings

nouncorn-crake (plural corn-crakes)

plural corn-crakes

  1. alternativeAlternative form of corncrake.
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corn-crake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corn-crake

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“corn-crake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corn-crake. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “corn-crake,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corn-crake.

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