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Definition of clapper rail
: a grayish-brown long-billed American rail (Rallus longirostris) that inhabits coastal marshes
Examples of clapper rail in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web Three clapper rails were spotted at Egypt Road in Fairhaven.
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BostonGlobe.com, "Bird sightings," 22 July 2019 Other sightings around the Cape included 2 blue-winged warblers at Scusset Beach State Reservation in Sandwich, a clapper rail and a seaside sparrow at Sandy Neck in Barnstable, a sora in North Truro, and 2 Northern fulmars at sea east of Truro.
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BostonGlobe.com, "Bird sightings on Cape Cod," 11 June 2018 Sandy Neck in Barnstable produced a clapper rail, a seaside sparrow, 16 saltmarsh sparrows, 2 willow flycatchers, a marsh wren, and 2 brown thrashers.
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BostonGlobe.com, "Bird sightings on Cape Cod," 24 June 2018 Highlights from Sandy Neck in Barnstable included a yellow-throated warbler, a clapper rail, 10 marsh wrens, a seaside sparrow, and 28 saltmarsh sparrows.
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BostonGlobe.com, "Bird sightings on Cape Cod," 4 June 2018 The clapper rails didn't seem to think much of our chances.
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Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, "Reading and heeding the signs of spring," 22 Mar. 2018
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The first known use of clapper rail was in 1813
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