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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Water cock

/wôt'-ẽr käk/ · Wa·ter cock · IPA
01 A large gallinule (Gallicrex cristatus) native of Australia, India, and the East Indies. In the breeding season the male is black and has a…
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    A large gallinule (Gallicrex cristatus) native of Australia, India, and the East Indies. In the breeding season the male is black and has a fleshy red caruncle, or horn, on the top of its head. Called also kora.(Zool.) Also: kora