great snipe

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Noun1.great snipe - Old World snipe larger and darker than the whole snipe
Gallinago media, woodcock snipe
Gallinago, genus Capella, genus Gallinago, Capella - snipes
snipe - Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks
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Doppelschnepfe
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