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Noun: woodcock snipe  'wûd,kók snIp
  1. Old World snipe larger and darker than the whole snipe
    - great snipe, Gallinago media
     
  2. Small long-billed woodcock; prized as a game bird
    - American woodcock, Philohela minor

Derived forms: woodcock snipes

Type of: snipe, woodcock

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