| 单词 | grass-drake |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrass-drake ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > family Rallidae (rail) > crex crex (corn-crake) raila1450 quail?a1500 corncrakea1525 daker-hen1552 craker1698 corn-craker1703 landrail1766 crake1793 rye-crake1807 grass-drake1826 corn-rail1830 meadow crake1833 meadow gallinule1843 1826 E. Atherstone in Amulet 333 The grass-drake in the fields Kept his monotonous call. 1891 Preston Chron. & Lancs. Advertiser 11 July 3/4 The land-rail, locally termed the grass drake, has been unusually silent this season. 1905 Country Life 5 Aug. 176/2 A crofter spoke of the landrail as the cearrsach,..while an English factor knew it as the grass-drake or meadow-drake. < as lemmas |
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