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jacksnipe

DEFINITIONS OF: jacksnipe

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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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