sora
noun
so·ra
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Definition of sora
: a small short-billed North American rail (Porzana carolina) common in marshes
Examples of sora in a Sentence
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At Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, a hooded merganser, a little blue heron, and a sora were spotted. — BostonGlobe.com, "Bird sightings across the region," 23 June 2019 Lancaster: At Bolton Flats Wildlife Management Area, there were three American bitterns, two least bitterns, one sora, two whip-poor-wills, and 26 swamp sparrows. — BostonGlobe.com, "Bird sightings," 23 June 2018 Other sightings around the Cape included 2 blue-winged warblers at Scusset Beach State Reservation in Sandwich, a clapper rail and a seaside sparrow at Sandy Neck in Barnstable, a sora in North Truro, and 2 Northern fulmars at sea east of Truro. — BostonGlobe.com, "Bird sightings on Cape Cod," 11 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'sora.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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