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woodcock snipe

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: woodcock snipe

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n
Old World snipe larger and darker than the whole snipe
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n
small long-billed woodcock; prized as a game bird
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: woodcock snipe
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n Old World snipe larger and darker than the whole snipe

Synonyms:
Gallinago media, great snipe
Type of:
snipe
Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks
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n small long-billed woodcock; prized as a game bird

Synonyms:
American woodcock, Philohela minor
Type of:
woodcock
game bird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe
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