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CREX
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Crex mean?
• CREX (noun)
The noun CREX has 1 sense:
1. corncrakes
Familiarity information: CREX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Corncrakes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Crex; genus Crex
Hypernyms ("Crex" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Crex"):
corncrake; Crex crex; land rail (common Eurasian rail that frequents grain fields)
Holonyms ("Crex" is a member of...):
family Rallidae; Rallidae (rails; crakes; gallinules; coots)
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