American woodcock

American woodcock
A North American shorebird, Scolopax minor
Syn: timberdoodle, bogsucker, night partridge, brush snipe, hokumpoke, becasse

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  • American Woodcock — Taxobox name = American Woodcock image width = 240px image caption = Adult on nest status = LC status system = iucn3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves subclassis = Neornithes infraclassis = Neognathae superordo = Neoaves ordo …   Wikipedia

  • American woodcock — noun small long billed woodcock; prized as a game bird • Syn: ↑woodcock snipe, ↑Philohela minor • Hypernyms: ↑woodcock • Member Holonyms: ↑Philohela, ↑genus Philohela * * * …   Useful english dictionary

  • American woodcock — amerikinė slanka statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Scolopax minor angl. American woodcock vok. Kanadaschnepfe, f rus. американский вальдшнеп, m pranc. bécasse d Amérique, f ryšiai: platesnis terminas – slankos …   Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas

  • Woodcock — Wood cock , n. [AS. wuducoc.] [1913 Webster] 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Woodcock owl — Woodcock Wood cock , n. [AS. wuducoc.] [1913 Webster] 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Woodcock shell — Woodcock Wood cock , n. [AS. wuducoc.] [1913 Webster] 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Woodcock snipe — Woodcock Wood cock , n. [AS. wuducoc.] [1913 Webster] 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • woodcock — /wood kok /, n., pl. woodcocks, (esp. collectively) woodcock for 1, 2. 1. either of two plump, short legged migratory game birds of variegated brown plumage, the Eurasian Scolopax rusticola and the smaller American Philohela minor. 2. any of… …   Universalium

  • Woodcock — Taxobox name = Woodcock image width = 250px image caption = American Woodcock regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Charadriiformes familia = Scolopacidae genus = Scolopax genus authority = Linnaeus, 1758 subdivision ranks =… …   Wikipedia

  • woodcock snipe — noun 1. small long billed woodcock; prized as a game bird • Syn: ↑American woodcock, ↑Philohela minor • Hypernyms: ↑woodcock • Member Holonyms: ↑Philohela, ↑genus Philohela …   Useful english dictionary

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