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woodcock
(wʊdkɒk)
Word forms: plural woodcocks, plural woodcock
countable noun
A woodcock is a small brown bird with a long beak. Woodcock are sometimes shot for sport or food.
woodcock in British English
(ˈwʊdˌkɒk)
noun
1.
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.
a related North American bird, Philohela minor
3. obsolete
a person lacking intelligence
woodcock in American English
(ˈwʊdˌkɑk)
nounWord forms: plural ˈwoodˌcocks or ˈwoodˌcock
1.
a migratory European shorebird (Scolopax rusticola) with short legs and a long bill, of the same family (Scolopacidae) as snipe: it is hunted as game
2. US
a smaller game bird (Philohela minor) of the same family that frequents bogs and swampy places of E North America
3. Obsolete
a fool; dupe
Word origin
ME wodekoc < OE wuducoc < wudu, wood1 + coc, a cock1Image ofwoodcock
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birdrelated words
collective noun fall
Nearby words ofwoodcock
- wonted
- woo
- wood
- woodcock
- wooded
- wooden
- wooden-headed
Synonyms of 'woodcock'
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