porzana carolina

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porzana carolina - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sora \So"ra\, n. (Zool.)
     A North American rail (Porzana Carolina) common in the
     Eastern United States. Its back is golden brown, varied with
     black and white, the front of the head and throat black, the
     breast and sides of the head and neck slate-colored. Called
     also American rail, Carolina rail, Carolina crake,
     common rail, sora rail, soree, meadow chicken, and
     orto.
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     King sora, the Florida gallinule.
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  Ortolan \Or"to*lan\, n. [F., fr. It. ortolano ortolan, gardener,
     fr. L. hortulanus gardener, fr. hortulus, dim. of hortus
     garden. So called because it frequents the hedges of gardens.
     See Yard an inclosure, and cf. Hortulan.] (Zool.)
     (a) A European singing bird (Emberiza hortulana), about the
         size of the lark, with black wings. It is esteemed
         delicious food when fattened. Called also bunting.
     (b) In England, the wheatear (Saxicola oenanthe).
     (c) In America, the sora, or Carolina rail (Porzana   Carolina
         ). See Sora.
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  Rail \Rail\, n. [F. r[^a]le, fr. r[^a]ler to have a rattling in
     the throat; of German origin, and akin to E. rattle. See
     Rattle, v.] (Zool.)
     Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds of the family
     Rallidae, especially those of the genus Rallus, and of
     closely allied genera. They are prized as game birds.
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     Note: The common European water rail (Rallus aquaticus) is
           called also bilcock, skitty coot, and brook runner
           . The best known American species are the
           clapper rail, or salt-marsh hen (Rallus longirostris,
           var. crepitans); the king, or red-breasted, rail
           (Rallus elegans) (called also fresh-water marshhen
           ); the lesser clapper, or Virginia, rail
           (Rallus Virginianus); and the Carolina, or sora, rail
           (Porzana Carolina). See Sora.
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     Land rail (Zool.), the corncrake.
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