clapper rail
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of clapper rail
An Americanism dating back to 1805–15
Example Sentences
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“That’s a clapper rail,” Mike said, an endangered bird that makes its home in the estuary.
From Los Angeles Times
“There is this secretive marsh bird called a clapper rail,” Mx.
From New York Times
A clapper rail darts for cover in a patch of coastal red mangroves.
From BBC
They looked at four birds: the clapper rail, willet, saltmarsh sparrow and seaside sparrow.
From New York Times
The endangered Yuma clapper rail croaks a funny song in the tall reeds that rise up out of the unexpected marshes in the Ciénega de Santa Clara.
From Scientific American
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