jacksnipe, half snipe, Limnocryptes minima
(noun) a small short-billed Old World snipe
Source: WordNet® 3.1
jacksnipe (plural jacksnipes or jacksnipe)
Lymnocryptes minimus, a migratory small stocky wader, the smallest of the snipes.
• half snipe
• judcock, juddock
• triddler
• jack pines, jackpines
Source: Wiktionary
Jack"snipe`, n. (Zoöl.) (a) A small European snipe (Limnocryptes gallinula); -- called also judcock, jedcock, juddock, jed, and half snipe. (b) A small American sandpiper (Tringa maculata); -- called also pectoral sandpiper, and grass snipe.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
31 January 2025
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