raillike

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

rail +‎ -like

Adjective[edit]

raillike (comparative more raillike, superlative most raillike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a rail (the bird).
    • 1926, Arthur Cleveland Bent, Life Histories of North American Birds: Marsh Birds, page 336:
      This is the only long flight I have seen and it reminded me of the flight of a water ouzel. The other two flights I have seen were short and raillike.