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rail noun3. LME.
[Old French (Norman and Picard) raille from Proto-Romance, perh. of imit. origin.]
Any bird of the family Rallidae (order Gruiformes), which includes the coot, corncrake, and water rail; esp. one of the genus Rallus.
Virginia rail, weka rail, etc.