名詞 crake:

1. any of several short-billed Old World rails

crake

n.（名詞）
Any of several short-billed birds of the family Rallidae, such as the corncrake.
秧雞：一種秧雞科的短嘴鳥，如長腳秧雞

來源：
Middle English [crow]
中古英語 [烏鴉]
probably from Old Norse kr3ka * see ger…- 2
可能源自 古斯堪的納維亞語 kr3ka *參見 ger…- 2