woodcock

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W0209300 (wo͝od′kŏk′)n. pl. woodcock or wood·cocks Any of several woodland birds of the genus Scolopax found in Eurasia, Africa, and North America, having brownish plumage, short legs, and a long bill. The woodcocks are in the same family as the sandpipers and other shorebirds.

woodcock

(ˈwʊdˌkɒk) n1. (Animals) an Old World game bird, Scolopax rusticola, resembling the snipe but larger and having shorter legs and neck: family Scolopacidae (sandpipers, etc), order Charadriiformes2. (Animals) a related North American bird, Philohela minor3. obsolete a simpleton

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(ˈwʊdˌkɒk)

n., pl. -cocks, (esp. collectively) -cock for 1,2. either of two plump, short-legged woodland birds of the sandpiper family, a North American species Scolopax minor and a larger Eurasian species S. rusticola, having variegated brown plumage.

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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 estuariesEurasian woodcock, Scolopax rusticola - short-legged long-billed migratory Old World woodcockAmerican woodcock, Philohela minor, woodcock snipe - small long-billed woodcock; prized as a game bird

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Translations

Schnepfebécassebeccacciaвальдшнеп

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see snipesnipe,
common name for a shore bird of the family Scolopacidae (sandpiper family), native to the Old and New Worlds. The common, or Wilson's snipe (Capella gallinago), also called jacksnipe, is a game bird of marshes and meadows.
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Woodcock

(Scolopax rusticóla), a bird of the family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes. The upper part of the body is rusty red with dark spots; the lower part is reddish gray with cross stripes. The bill is long. Length of the body, 34-38 cm; weight, 270-350 g.

The woodcock is widespread in Europe and Asia. In the USSR it is found in the north up to 60°-64° N lat, and in the south to the forest-steppe zone. It winters in southern Europe, Transcaucasia, Middle and South Asia, and North Africa. The woodcock stays in humid mixed and deciduous forests. Propagation begins in April. The nest is on the ground, with four eggs per clutch; only the female broods the young. Food (earthworms and insect larvae) is taken from the soil and the forest floor. The woodcock is hunted for sport.

REFERENCE

Kozlova, E. V. “Kuliki.” In Fauna SSSR: Ptitsy, vol. 2, issue 1, part 2. Moscow-Leningrad, 1961.

woodcock

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

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noun game bird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe

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