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Definition of Woodcock

Woodcock
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 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**** (Scolopax minor), sometimes colloquially referred to as the timberdoodle, mudbat, bogsucker, night partridge, or Labrador twister...
- A Wood**** is one of seven very similar wading bird species in the genus Scolopax. Wood**** or Wood****s may also refer to: HMS Wood**** (1806), a schooner...
- The Eurasian wood**** (Scolopax rusticola) is a medium-small wading bird found in temperate and subarctic Eurasia. It has cryptic camouflage to suit its...
- Mr. Wood**** is a 2007 American comedy film directed by Craig Gillespie, and starring Seann William Scott, Billy Bob Thornton, Susan Sarandon, Amy Poehler...
- Janet Wood**** (born August 29, 1948) is an American physician who served as Prin****l Deputy Commissioner of Food and Drugs from February 2022 until February...
- Owen Preston Wood**** (died 1983), most commonly known as O.P. Wood****, was an American builder. Many of his works are ****ociated with Marsh & Saxelbye...
- Dusky wood**** has been split into two species: Javan wood****, Scolopax saturata New Guinea wood****, Scolopax rosenbergii This page is an index of articles...
- Carla Wood**** (born 4 October 1998) is an English actress. Wood**** made her acting debut as Susie Garrett on the Netflix series Free Rein (2017–2019)...
- The Wood****–Johnson Tests of Cognitive Abilities is a set of intelligence tests first developed in 1977 by Richard Wood**** and Mary E. Bonner Johnson...