| 单词 | clapper rail |
| 释义 | > as lemmasclapper rail clapper rail n. U.S. a species of rail or marsh-hen. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > family Rallidae (rail) > genus Gallinula > gallinula chloropus (moor-hen) moorhena1350 water henc1520 moat-hen1544 moor coot?1606 mud hen1611 marsh hen1709 heath-game1711 stank-hen1766 clapper rail1813 skitty1813 kitty-coot1885 1813 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. VII. 112 The Clapper Rail, or, as it is generally called, the Mud Hen, soon announces its arrival..by its loud, harsh and incessant cackling. 1835 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. III. 33 The Clapper Rail, or Salt-water Marsh-hen. 1870 Amer. Naturalist 3 48 I found the nest of a Clapper-rail (Ralius Crepitans) built in a bush. 1955 Sci. News Let. 3 Sept. 157/1 The clapper rail builds its nest on high spots within salt marshes. < as lemmas |
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