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Definition of Corncrake

Corncrake
Corncrake Corn"crake` (-kr?k`), n. (Zo["o]l.) A bird (Crex crex or C. pratensis) which frequents grain fields; the European crake or land rail; -- called also corn bird.

Meaning of Corncrake from wikipedia

- The corn crake, corncrake or landrail (Crex crex) is a bird in the rail family. It breeds in Europe and Asia as far east as western China, and migrates...
- the name HMS Corncrake: HMS Corncrake was the name of an RN minelaying converted trawler, lost in the Atlantic in January 1943. HMS Corncrake was an air...
- minelayers while still under construction. Upon completion they were renamed Corncrake and Redshank, respectively. Trawlers of the Royal Navy Conway p67 Elliott...
- designated a Royal Naval Air Station as "H.M.S. Corncrake", and Kirkistown Airfield was known as "H.M.S. Corncrake II". The following units were here at some...
- 33°55′09″N 77°56′40″W / 33.9190632°N 77.9444314°W / 33.9190632; -77.9444314 Corncrake Inlet was a historical (channel) located on the Cape Fear region in the...
- by another as "a Whitechapel Jewess with d**** hair and a voice like a corncrake ... a small woman with a thick nose, henna red hair and a disagreeable...
- Brazil. Lester Corncrake is portra**** by Rich Fulcher. He appeared in several episodes of the third series of the TV show. Lester Corncrake is a blind vinyl...
- 17 July it was commissioned as HMS Corncrake with Captain G.N.P. Stringer as commanding officer. As HMS Corncrake the airfield was used by the Fleet Air...
- countries but common in Latvia include: black stork (Ciconia nigra), corncrake (Crex crex), lesser spotted eagle (Aquila pomarina), white-backed wood****...
- wildlife. To her surprise, she gets a temporary job, on Orkney, mapping rare corncrakes for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB). Later, she spends...