scolopaceousadj.
/skɒləʊˈpeɪʃəs/ Ornithology.
Resembling a snipe; spec. used as epithet of a species of courlan, Aramus scolopaceus. Also = scolopacine adj.
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scolopaceous1785
snipy1888
1785 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds III. i. 102 Scolopaceous Heron..inhabits Cayenne.
1819 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. XI. ii. 540 Scolopaceous courlan (Aramus Scolopacea).
1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals II. xxiii. 454 The plumage of others, especially of some of the scolopaceous tribe, is beautifully mottled.
1841 Selby in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 1 No. 9. 254 Of the Scolopaceous family, there are two..residents.
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adj.1785