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rail [ rayl ] (plural rails or rail)


noun 
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wading bird: a small or medium-sized wading bird with a short tail, short wings, and long toes. Family Rallidae.
[15th century. < Old French raale< Latin ras-, past participle of radere "scrape"]
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