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soqab
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sora rail
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Merriam Webster's
noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1705 a small short-billed North American rail (Porzana carolina) common in marshes
Oxford Reference Dictionary
n. (in full sora rail) a bird, Porzana carolina, frequenting the marshes of N. and S. Carolina etc. in the autumn and used as food. Etymology: prob. a native name
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Sora So"ra, n. (Zo["o]l.) A North American rail (Porzana Carolina) common in the Eastern United States. Its back is golden brown, varied with black and white, the front of the head and throat black, the breast and sides of the head and neck slate-colored. Called also American rail, Carolina rail, Carolina crake, common rail, sora rail, soree, meadow chicken, and orto. King sora, the Florida gallinule.
