JACKSNIPE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does jacksnipe mean? 

• JACKSNIPE (noun)
  The noun JACKSNIPE has 2 senses:

1. a small short-billed Old World snipe

2. American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting

  Familiarity information: JACKSNIPE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JACKSNIPE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small short-billed Old World snipe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

half snipe; jacksnipe; Limnocryptes minima

Hypernyms ("jacksnipe" is a kind of...):

snipe (Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks)

Holonyms ("jacksnipe" is a member of...):

genus Limnocryptes; Limnocryptes (snipe)

Sense 2

Meaning:

American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Calidris melanotos; jacksnipe; pectoral sandpiper

Hypernyms ("jacksnipe" is a kind of...):

sandpiper (any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers)

Holonyms ("jacksnipe" is a member of...):

Calidris; genus Calidris (a genus of Scolopacidae)