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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The common spotted crake of Europe, Porzana maruetta: distinguished from the land-crake, Crex pratensis.
- noun The water-rail, Rallus aquaticus. Montagu.
- noun The water-ouzel: a misnomer. Willughby; Ray.
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