raillike

English

Etymology

rail +‎ -like

Adjective

raillike (comparative more raillike, superlative most raillike)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a rail (the bird).
   • 1926, Arthur Cleveland Bent, Life Histories of North American Birds: Marsh Birds, page 336:

     This is the only long flight I have seen and it reminded me of the flight of a water ouzel. The other two flights I have seen were short and raillike.