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Water Cock

Webster's Dictionary

A large gallinule (Gallicrex cristatus) native of Australia, India, and the East Indies. In the breeding season the male is black and has a fleshy red caruncle, or horn, on the top of its head. Called also kora.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Water Cock'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​w/water-cock.html. 1828.