Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A grayish-brown rail (Porzana carolina) with a short stout bill, found in freshwater marshes of the Americas.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A crake; a small short-billed rail, of the subfamily Rallinæ and genus Porzana.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A North American rail (
Porzana Carolina ) common in the Eastern United States. Its back is golden brown, varied with black and white, the front of the head and throat black, the breast and sides of the head and neck slate-colored. Called alsoAmerican rail ,Carolina rail ,Carolina crake ,common rail ,sora rail ,soree ,meadow chicken , andorto . - noun the Florida gallinule.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A North American
rail (Porzana carolina), common in the Eastern United States.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Ash Like Snow the brilliant green sora akaku someru kokutan no yami nomikomareta hoshikuzu-tachi hakanaku furitsumoru hai no yuki mitsumeta nageki no mado
j-gan Diary Entry j-gan 2008
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The real delicacies were served later, the ducks which Doyle had sent the Colonel, and plate after plate of little, brown, juicy birds called sora, so tender and toothsome they could be eaten bones and all.
The Man in Gray Thomas Dixon 1905
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Japanese variety related to the fava called sora mame.
News On Japan 2010
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Soshite kono sora akaku somete mata kuru toki kono mi de susumu dake
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Soshite kono sora akaku somete mata kuru toki kono mi de susumu dake
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Indeed, the wisdom seems to be that the word has a much wider reach, including Japanese 空 (sora, meaning "sky") and Korean 해 (hae, meaning "day" or "sun").
И сонцето е ѕвезда tnh 2008
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Ever since I installed burg I have always looked for options to change the background in the theme "sora" and i did it.
Ubuntu Forums dinesh_ddt 2010
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New Mexico: Non-toxic ammunition required for common moorhen; sora, a freshwater marsh bird; Virginia rail and snipe with shotguns, as well as dove, band-tailed pigeon, upland game or migratory game birds on all State Game Commission owned or managed areas.
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New Mexico: Non-toxic ammunition required for common moorhen; sora, a freshwater marsh bird; Virginia rail and snipe with shotguns, as well as dove, band-tailed pigeon, upland game or migratory game birds on all State Game Commission owned or managed areas.
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Finally Jentilisa reports that young reservists of the army who fought by Rajoelina's side early in the crisis are now demanding that Rajoelina keep his promises (mg):. .ny rezervista tanora, nitolona tamin'ny andron'ny TGV, hidina an-dalambe izy ireo hitondra sora-baventy satria tsy tanteraka ny fampanantenana natao tamin'izy ireo, toy ny hanomezana asa ho azy ireo tahaka ny hoe fampidirana azy ho miaramila ary hotsinjovina manokana ny rezervista nanohana ny tolona.
Madagascar Delegation Barred from UN General Assembly Stage 2009
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