'skitty cock' definitions:

Definition of 'skitty cock'

From: GCIDE
  • 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.] [1913 Webster]