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Definition of Woodcock snipe

Woodcock snipe
Woodcock Wood"cock`, n. [AS. wuducoc.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of long-billed limicoline birds belonging to the genera Scolopax and Philohela. They are mostly nocturnal in their habits, and are highly esteemed as game birds. Note: The most important species are the European (Scolopax rusticola) and the American woodcock (Philohela minor), which agree very closely in appearance and habits. 2. Fig.: A simpleton. [Obs.] If I loved you not, I would laugh at you, and see you Run your neck into the noose, and cry, ``A woodcock!' --Beau. & Fl. Little woodcock. (a) The common American snipe. (b) The European snipe. Sea woodcock fish, the bellows fish. Woodcock owl, the short-eared owl (Asio brachyotus). Woodcock shell, the shell of certain mollusks of the genus Murex, having a very long canal, with or without spines. Woodcock snipe. See under Snipe.

Meaning of Woodcock snipe from wikipedia

- The wood****s are a group of seven or eight very similar living species of sandpipers in the genus Scolopax. The genus name is Latin for a snipe or wood****...
- the American wood**** lives mainly in upland settings. Its many folk names include timberdoodle, bogsucker, night partridge, brush snipe, hokumpoke, and...
- Look up snipe in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A snipe is a wading bird. Snipe may also refer to: Wood**** Snipe (rapper) (active 2007–2008), from...
- Wilson's snipe (Gallinago delicata) is a small, stocky s****bird. The generic name Gallinago is Neo-Latin for a wood**** or snipe from Latin gallina, "hen"...
- it quite distinct from other snipes or wood****s. The common name has been said to come from the Welsh word for a snipe, giach (pronounced with a hard...
- current binomial name Scolopax rusticola. The genus name is Latin for a snipe or wood****. The specific epithet rusticola is the Latin name of a gamebird mentioned...
- concealment. Snipe eel Snipe hunt Wood****  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Newton, Alfred (1911). "Snipe". In Chisholm...
- media. The name of the current genus Gallinago is Neo-Latin for a wood**** or snipe from Latin gallina, "hen" and the suffix -ago, "resembling". The specific...
- wood****. Within the Scolopacidae family, wood****s are most closely related to snipes. A Moluccan wood**** was collected for the first time in 1862 by...
- The Javan wood**** (Scolopax saturata) or rufous wood**** is a small wader restricted to wet mountain forests on Sumatra and western Java. It nests on...