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Rail Is Covered By Refusal To Sailors

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noun

• flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules

32%7 Motion of refusal or refusal
noun

• an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt

31%14 Common examples include the Clapper Rail and the King Rail
noun

• rails; crakes; gallinules; coots

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