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clapper rail
–noun
| a long-billed rail, Rallus longirostris, of coastal marshes of the Americas, having a harsh, cackling cry. |
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1805–15, Americanism
1805–15, Americanism
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| clapper rail n. A bird (Rallus longirostris) of coastal marshes of North, Central, and South America, having brownish plumage, a long bill, and a clattering cry. |
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