Akademik

Porzana

noun

spotted crakes

• Syn: ↑genus Porzana

• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Rallidae, ↑family Rallidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑spotted crake, ↑Porzana porzana

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\\pȯ(r)ˈzänə, -zānə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Italian, crake

: a genus of small short-billed rails including the sora

Useful english dictionary. 2012.