Crex

Definitions

  • WordNet 3.6
    • n Crex corncrakes
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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
    • n crex A genus of small short-billed rails, containing such as the corn-crake, C. pratensis. See crake.
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Usage

In literature:

Crex Baillonii, Baillon's Crake.
"Love's Meinie" by John Ruskin
Crex, the white bullace, 451.
"Notes and Queries, Index of Volume 3, January-June, 1851" by Various
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