WOODCOCK SNIPE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does woodcock snipe mean? 

• WOODCOCK SNIPE (noun)
  The noun WOODCOCK SNIPE has 2 senses:

1. Old World snipe larger and darker than the whole snipe

2. small long-billed woodcock; prized as a game bird

  Familiarity information: WOODCOCK SNIPE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WOODCOCK SNIPE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Old World snipe larger and darker than the whole snipe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Gallinago media; great snipe; woodcock snipe

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

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Small long-billed woodcock; prized as a game bird

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

American woodcock; Philohela minor; woodcock snipe

Hypernyms ("woodcock snipe" is a kind of...):

woodcock (game bird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe)

Holonyms ("woodcock snipe" is a member of...):

genus Philohela; Philohela (American woodcocks)