raillike

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English

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Etymology

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From rail +‎ -like.

Adjective

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raillike (comparative more raillike, superlative most raillike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a rail (the bird).
    • 1926, Arthur Cleveland Bent, Life Histories of North American Birds: Marsh Birds, page 336:
      This is the only long flight I have seen and it reminded me of the flight of a water ouzel. The other two flights I have seen were short and raillike.
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