"water rail" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: water rails [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} water rail (plural water rails)
  1. a small wetland bird (Rallus aquaticus) of the family Rallidae that breeds in marshes and reedbeds across Europe and Asia. Wikipedia link: water rail Categories (lifeform): Rallids Translations (Rallus aquaticus): креща́лец (kreštálec) [masculine] (Bulgarian), chřástal vodní [masculine] (Czech), vandrikse [common-gender] (Danish), waterral [feminine] (Dutch), jarðarkona [feminine] (Faroese), luhtakana (Finnish), Wasserralle [feminine] (German), porciglione [masculine] (Italian), 水鶏 (kuina) (Japanese), Tó wónaanídę́ę́ʼ lókʼaatah noołnahii (Navajo), râle dg'ieau [feminine] (Norman), wodnik [masculine] (Polish), водяно́й пастушо́к (vodjanój pastušók) [masculine] (Russian), vattenrall [common-gender] (Swedish), forsana [feminine] (Venetian), ralut (Volapük)

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