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for skitty coot
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Skitty \Skit"ty\, n. [Cf. Skittish.] (Zool.)
A rail; as, the water rail (called also skitty cock, and
skitty+coot);+the+spotted+crake+({Porzana+maruetta">skitty coot); the spotted crake ({Porzana maruetta), and
the moor hen. [Prov. Eng.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
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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