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jacksnipe
DEFINITIONS OF:
jacksnipe
1
n
a small short-billed Old World snipe
Synonyms:
Limnocryptes minima
,
half snipe
Type of:
snipe
Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks
n
American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting
Synonyms:
Calidris melanotos
,
pectoral sandpiper
Type of:
sandpiper
any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers
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