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Definition of Crex crex
1. Noun. Common Eurasian rail that frequents grain fields.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crex Crex
Literary usage of Crex crex
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1897)
"Type, crex crex (Linn.). All the Crakes have much shorter and stouter bills than
the true Rails, ... crex crex. Rallus crex, Linn. Syst. Nat. ip 261 (1766). ..."
2. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1896)
"Brock reports a specimen of the European Corn Crake (crex crex) killed by John
... The bird is an unquestionable crex crex in extremely fine plumage and of ..."
3. The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White (1868)
"... of Christian Mallord, in North Wilts, and in the meadows near Paradise Gardens
at Oxford, where 1 have often heard them cry crex, crex. ..."
4. The Writings of John Burroughs by John Burroughs (1895)
""Crex, crex, crex," came the harsh note out of the grass, like the rasping sound
of some large insect, and I knew the bird at once. ..."
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