wood·cock (w d k k )n. pl. woodcock or wood·cocks Either of two related game birds, Scolopax rusticola of the Old World or Philohela minor of North America, having brownish plumage, short legs, and a long bill. |
woodcock [ˈwʊdˌkɒk]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) an Old World game bird, Scolopax rusticola, resembling the snipe but larger and having shorter legs and neck: family Scolopacidae (sandpipers, etc.), order Charadriiformes
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a related North American bird, Philohela minor
3. Obsolete a simpleton
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| Noun | 1. |  woodcock - game bird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipelimicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird - any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries Eurasian woodcock, Scolopax rusticola - short-legged long-billed migratory Old World woodcock American woodcock, Philohela minor, woodcock snipe - small long-billed woodcock; prized as a game bird |
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