Bilcock

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.] (Zool.)
     Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds of the family
     {Rallidae}, especially those of the genus {Rallus}, and of
     closely allied genera. They are prized as game birds.


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     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}.
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     {Land rail} (Zool.), the corncrake.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bilcock \Bil"cock\, n. (Zool.)
     The European water rail.
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