Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Corncrake"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Corncrake \Corn"crake`\ (-kr?k`), n. (Zo["o]l.)
A bird ({Crex crex} or {C. pratensis}) which frequents grain
fields; the European crake or land rail; -- called also {corn
bird}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
corncrake
n : common Eurasian rail that frequents grain fields [syn: {land
rail}, {Crex crex}]
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