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Woodcock
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What's The Definition Of Woodcock?
[n] game bird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe
Synonyms | Synonyms for Woodcock: Related Terms | Find terms related to Woodcock: See Also | American woodcock | Eurasian woodcock | limicoline bird | Philohela minor | Scolopax rusticola | shore bird | shorebird | woodcock snipe Woodcock In Webster's Dictionary \Wood"cock`\, n. [AS. wuducoc.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of long-billed
limicoline birds belonging to the genera {Scolopax} and
{Philohela}. They are mostly nocturnal in their habits,
and are highly esteemed as game birds.
Note: The most important species are the European ({Scolopax
rusticola}) and the American woodcock ({Philohela
minor}), which agree very closely in appearance and
habits.
2. Fig.: A simpleton. [Obs.]
If I loved you not, I would laugh at you, and see
you Run your neck into the noose, and cry, ``A
woodcock!'' --Beau. & Fl.
{Little woodcock}.
(a) The common American snipe.
(b) The European snipe.
{Sea woodcock fish}, the bellows fish.
{Woodcock owl}, the short-eared owl ({Asio brachyotus}).
{Woodcock shell}, the shell of certain mollusks of the genus
{Murex}, having a very long canal, with or without spines.
{Woodcock snipe}. See under {Snipe}.
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