Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bilcock"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rail \Rail\, n. [F. r[^a]le, fr. r[^a]ler to have a rattling in
the throat; of German origin, and akin to E. rattle. See
{Rattle}, v.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds of the family
{Rallid[ae]}, especially those of the genus {Rallus}, and of
closely allied genera. They are prized as game birds.
Note: The common European water rail ({Rallus aquaticus}) is
called also {bilcock}, {skitty coot}, and {brook
runner}. The best known American species are the
clapper rail, or salt-marsh hen ({Rallus lonqirostris},
var. {crepitans}); the king, or red-breasted, rail ({R.
elegans}) (called also {fresh-water marshhen}); the
lesser clapper, or Virginia, rail ({R. Virginianus});
and the Carolina, or sora, rail ({Porzana Carolina}).
See {Sora}.
{Land rail} (Zo["o]l.), the corncrake.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bilcock \Bil"cock\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The European water rail.
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