woodcock snipe

/ˌwʊdˈkɑk snaɪp/
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Other forms: woodcock snipes

Definitions of woodcock snipe
  1. noun
    Old World snipe larger and darker than the whole snipe
    synonyms: Gallinago media, great snipe
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    type of:
    snipe
    Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks
  2. noun
    small long-billed woodcock; prized as a game bird
    synonyms: American woodcock, Philohela minor
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    type of:
    woodcock
    game bird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe
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