: a rather large long-billed No. American rail (Rallus elegans) having plumage streaked above with black and tawny olive and a rufous of cinnamon-red breast when in full plumage
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a large, long-billed rail, Rallus elegans, of North America, having reddish-brown plumage.
[1825-35, Amer.]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.