Baillon's crake
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Baillon's crake (sense 1)
English
Etymology
Named after French naturalist and collector Louis Antoine François Baillon (1778–1855) /lwi ɑ̃.twan fʁɑ̃.swa ba.jɔ̃/.
Pronunciation
- enPR: (standard) bī′yŏnz krāk′, (spelling) bī′lŏnz krāk′, (after French) bă′yôɴz krāk′
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): (standard) /ˈbaɪ.jɒnz ˌkɹeɪk/, (spelling) /ˈbaɪ.lɒnz ˌkɹeɪk/, (after French) /ˈbæ.jɔ̃ːz ˌkɹeɪk/
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): (standard) /ˈbaɪ.jɑnz ˌkɹeɪk/, (spelling) /ˈbaɪ.lɑnz ˌkɹeɪk/, (after French) /ˈbæ.jɒ̃z ˌkɹeɪk/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): (standard) /ˈbɑɪ.jɔnz ˌkɹæɪk/, (spelling) /ˈbɑɪ.lɔnz ˌkɹæɪk/, (after French) /ˈbæ.jõːz ˌkɹæɪk/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): (standard) /ˈbaɪ.jɒnz ˌkɹæɪk/, (spelling) /ˈbaɪ.lɒnz ˌkɹæɪk/, (after French) /ˈbɛ.jõːz ˌkɹæɪk/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): (standard) /ˈbaɪ.jɔnz ˌkɹek/, (spelling) /ˈbaɪ.lɔnz ˌkɹek/, (after French) /ˈba.jɔ̃z ˌkɹek/
- (India) IPA(key): (standard) /ˈbaj.jɒnz ˌkɾeːk/, (spelling) /ˈbaj.lɒnz ˌkɾeːk/, (after French) /ˈbæ.jɒ̃z ˌkɾeːk/
- Hyphenation: Bail‧lon's crake
Noun
Baillon's crake (plural Baillon's crakes)
- A small rallid, Zapornia pusilla (syn. Porzana pusilla), distributed unevenly throughout Africa, Eurasia, and Australasia.
- Synonym: marsh crake
Translations
Zapornia pusilla
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