poelsnip

Definitions of poelsnip
  1. noun
    Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks
    synonyms: bokje, snep, snip, watersnip
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    types:
    bokje, watersnip
    common snipe of Eurasia and Africa
  2. noun
    common snipe of Eurasia and Africa
    synonyms: bokje, watersnip
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    type of:
    bokje, snep, snip, watersnip
    Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks
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