corncrake

See also: corn-crake and corn crake

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

corn +‎ crake

Noun

corncrake (plural corncrakes)

A bird of the rail family, Crex crex, that breeds in meadows and arable farmland across Europe and western Asia, migrating to Africa in winter.

Translations

the bird Crex crex

Bulgarian: дърдавец m (dǎrdavec)
Czech: chřástal polní (cs) m
Danish: engsnarre (da) c
Dutch: kwartelkoning (nl) m
Estonian: rukkirääk (et)
Faroese: akurskritt n
Finnish: ruisrääkkä (fi)
French: râle des genêts (fr) m
German: Wachtelkönig (de) m, Wiesenralle f
Hungarian: haris (hu)
Latvian: grieze f

Lithuanian: griežlė (lt) f
Navajo: Tó wónaanídę́ę́ʼ dáʼákʼehdi noołnahii
Norman: râle dé g'nêt f
Polish: derkacz (pl) m
Portuguese: codornizão m
Romanian: cristei (ro) m
Russian: дергач (ru) m (dergač) /d'ergáč/, коростель (ru) m (korostelʹ) /korost'él'/
Southern Altai: талтар (taltar)
Spanish: guión de codornices m
Swedish: kornknarr (sv) c
Volapük: kräg

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