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Definition of Land rail
1. Noun. Common Eurasian rail that frequents grain fields.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Land Rail
Literary usage of Land rail
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1867)
"After it is once flushed it is almost impracticable to force the Land- Rail to
take wing a second time, until it has run through every part of the cover ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"RAIL (German Ralle, French Bale, Low Latin Ballus), originally the English name
of two birds, distinguished from one another by a prefix as Land-Rail and ..."
3. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1835)
"A conversation having taken place regarding the occasional torpidity of birds,
Dr Neill informed the members, that he knew of a land-rail having been found ..."
4. The Natural History of Ireland by William Thompson, James R. Garrett, George Dickie (1850)
"The spotted rail appears to be scarce everywhere; its distribution is much the
same as that of the land-rail; extending in summer as far north in Europe as ..."
5. The animal creation: A Popular Introduction to Zoology by Thomas Rymer Jones (1865)
"The Coots (Fulica), in the shape of their beak, resemble the land rail, from
which they are distinguished by a broad horny prolon- . ..."
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