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Definition: brook runner
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.
[1913 Webster]
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 longirostris,
var. crepitans); the king, or red-breasted, rail
(
Rallus elegans) (called also
fresh-water marshhen
); the lesser clapper, or Virginia, rail
(
Rallus Virginianus); and the Carolina, or sora, rail
(
Porzana Carolina). See
Sora.
[1913 Webster]
Land rail (Zo["o]l.), the corncrake.
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