crake

American

[kreyk] / kreɪk /

noun

any of several short-billed rails, especially the corn crake.

crake British

/ kreɪk /

noun

zoology any of several rails that occur in the Old World, such as the corncrake and the spotted crake

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Etymology

Origin of crake

1275–1325; Middle English < Old Norse krākr, krāki crow ¹

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