- American woodcock
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A North American shorebird, Scolopax minorSyn: 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
