grey snipe
(US gray snipe) chiefly North American (now rare )
noun
Any of several greyish wading birds; especially the short-billed dowitcher, Limnodromus griseus.
Origin
Mid 18th century; earliest use found in Patrick Browne (c1720–1790), physician and botanist.
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