clapper
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“That’s a clapper rail,” Mike said, an endangered bird that makes its home in the estuary.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2026
When speaking to BBC News NI he brought along a clapper board, dog tag and Ranger Battalion jacket he kept from the set of Saving Private Ryan.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2024
He measured mileage by attaching a rod inside a wagon wheel — based on the circumference of the wheel, a clapper would sound at each mile and that’s where a marker would go.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 22, 2020
Julia: The clapper, most ingeniously used to turn on and off a Christmas tree.
From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2019
So do marsh-inhabiting birds like the clapper rail, shore- birds, and even visiting seabirds.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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