sora

Meaning

A rail (Porzana carolina) bird of North, Central, and northern South America.

Synonyms

Sora crake

Sora rail

American rail

Translations

Porzana carolina

Carolinasumpfhuhn

marouette de caroline

Rallus carolina

polluela norteña

polluela de la Carolina

gallineuela chica

voltolino americano

voltolino

gallinuelita

polluela nortea

polla pintada de Carolina

gallinuela oscura

Frequency

C2
Etymology

Early 19th-century sources observe that this term was in use in Virginia; presumably it is from an Indigenous American language of that area.

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