• (n.) A rail; as, the water rail (called also skitty cock, and skitty coot); the spotted crake (Porzana maruetta), and the moor hen.
Skit'ty noun [ Confer Skittish .] (Zoology) A rail; as, the water rail (called also skitty cock , and skitty coot ); the spotted crake ( Porzana maruetta ), and the moor hen. [ Prov. Eng.]