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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Water rail

/wôt'-ẽr rāl/ · Wa·ter rail · IPA
01 Any one of numerous species of rails of the genus Rallus, as the common European species (Rallus aquaticus). See Illust. of Rail.
  1. 1.
    Any one of numerous species of rails of the genus Rallus, as the common European species (Rallus aquaticus). See Illust. of Rail.(Zool.) See: Rail