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Water cock
Wa′ter cockˊ
.
(Zool.)
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
.
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