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Noun: woodcock snipe  'wûd,kók snIp
  1. Small long-billed woodcock; prized as a game bird
    "Woodcock snipe probe the forest floor for earthworms";
    - American woodcock, Philohela minor
     
  2. Old World snipe larger and darker than the whole snipe
    "woodcock snipes gather at leks during mating season";
    - great snipe, Gallinago media

Derived forms: woodcock snipes

Type of: snipe, woodcock

Part of: Capella, Gallinago, genus Capella, genus Gallinago, genus Philohela, Philohela