WHOLE SNIPE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does whole snipe mean? 

• WHOLE SNIPE (noun)
  The noun WHOLE SNIPE has 1 sense:

1. common snipe of Eurasia and Africa

  Familiarity information: WHOLE SNIPE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHOLE SNIPE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Common snipe of Eurasia and Africa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Gallinago gallinago; whole snipe

Hypernyms ("whole snipe" 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 ("whole snipe" is a member of...):

Capella; Gallinago; genus Capella; genus Gallinago (snipes)