JACKSNIPE

jacksnipe, half snipe, Limnocryptes minima

(noun) a small short-billed Old World snipe

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

jacksnipe (plural jacksnipes or jacksnipe)

Lymnocryptes minimus, a migratory small stocky wader, the smallest of the snipes.

Synonyms

• half snipe

• judcock, juddock

• triddler

Anagrams

• 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



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