raillike

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a rail (the bird).

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Meanings

adjectiveraillike (comparative more raillike, superlative most raillike)

comparative more raillike · superlative most raillike

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a rail (the bird).

    This is the only long flight I have seen and it reminded me of the flight of a water ouzel. The other two flights I have seen were short and raillike.

    1926, Arthur Cleveland Bent, Life Histories of North American Birds: Marsh Birds, page 336

Origin

From rail + -like.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

lairlike
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APA

raillike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raillike

MLA

“raillike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raillike. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “raillike,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raillike.

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