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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Water  cock  \Wa"ter  cock`\  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  large  gallinule  ({Gallicrex  cristatus})  native  of 
  Australia,  India,  and  the  East  Indies.  In  the  breeding  season 
  the  male  is  black  and  has  a  fleshy  red  caruncle,  or  horn,  on 
  the  top  of  its  head.  Called  also  {kora}. 

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