Water crake \Wa"ter crake`\ (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The dipper.
(b) The spotted crake ({Porzana maruetta}). See Illust. of
{Crake}.
(c) The swamp hen, or crake, of Australia.
Skitty \Skit"ty\, n. [Cf. {Skittish}.] (Zo["o]l.)
A rail; as, the water rail (called also {skitty cock}, and
{skitty coot}); the spotted crake ({Porzana maruetta}), and
the moor hen. [Prov. Eng.]