water rail

English

Noun

water rail (plural water rails)

1. a small wetland bird (Rallus aquaticus) of the family Rallidae that breeds in marshes and reedbeds across Europe and Asia.
   • 1983, Bill Oddie, Gone Birding, London: Methuen, page 57:

     I crawled along the side of the marsh, crouched down quietly in a cow pat and waiter for the Water-rail to appear.

Translations

Rallus aquaticus

• Bulgarian: креща́лец m (kreštálec)
• Catalan: rascló (ca)
• Czech: chřástal vodní m
• Danish: vandrikse (da) c
• Dutch: waterral (nl) f
• Faroese: jarðarkona f
• Finnish: luhtakana (fi)
• German: Wasserralle f
• Italian: porciglione (it) m
• Japanese: 水鶏 (ja) (kuina)
• Norman: râle dg'ieau f
• Polish: wodnik (pl) m
• Portuguese: frango-d'água
• Romanian: cârstel de baltă m
• Russian: водяно́й пастушо́к m (vodjanój pastušók)
• Spanish: rascón europeo
• Swedish: vattenrall (sv) c
• Venetan: forsana f
• Volapük: ralut

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