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Bird Run Over By A Train

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99%4Exact Match!
noun

• a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports

• short for railway

• a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll

• a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)

• any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud

verb

• complain bitterly

• enclose with rails

• provide with rails

• separate with a railing

• convey (goods etc.) by rails

• travel by rail or train

• lay with rails

• fish with a handline over the rails of a boat

• spread negative information about

• criticize severely

29%11Train features that prevent animals from being run over
noun

• an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track

24%7 Terrestrial bird that prefers to run or hop over flying
noun

• large brightly crested bird of Africa

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