water cock

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water cock - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Water cock \Wa"ter cock`\ (Zool.)
     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.
     [1913 Webster]