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Jacksnipe

Jacksnipe Meaning & Definition
Jacksnipe Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Jacksnipe?

[n] American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting
[n] a small short-billed Old World snipe

Synonyms | Synonyms for Jacksnipe: Calidris melanotos | half snipe | Limnocryptes minima | pectoral sandpiper

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See Also | Calidris | genus Calidris | genus Limnocryptes | Limnocryptes | sandpiper | snipe

Jacksnipe In Webster's Dictionary

\Jack"snipe`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A small European snipe ({Limnocryptes gallinula}); -- called also {judcock}, {jedcock}, {juddock}, {jed}, and {half snipe}. (b) A small American sandpiper ({Tringa maculata}); -- called also {pectoral sandpiper}, and {grass snipe}.

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