Skitty \Skit"ty\, n. [Cf. Skittish.]

(Zool.) A rail; as, the water rail (called also skitty cock, and skitty coot); the spotted crake (Porzana maruetta), and the moor hen. [Prov. Eng.]

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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

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.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)