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WOODCOCKS
Noun
woodcocks
plural of woodcock
Source: Wiktionary
WOODCOCK
Wood"cock`, n. Etym: [AS. wuducoc.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any one of several species of long-billed limicoline birds belonging to the genera Scolopax and Philohela. They are mostly nocturnal in their habits, and are highly esteemed as game birds.
Note: The most important species are the European (Scolopax rusticola) and the American woodcock (Philohela minor), which agree very closely in appearance and habits.
2. Fig.: A simpleton. [Obs.] If I loved you not, I would laugh at you, and see you Run your neck into the noose, and cry, "A woodcock!" Beau. & Fl. Little woodcock. (a) The common American snipe. (b) The European snipe.
– Sea woodcock fish, the bellows fish.
– Woodcock owl, the short-eared owl (Asio brachyotus).
– Woodcock shell, the shell of certain mollusks of the genus Murex, having a very long canal, with or without spines.
– Woodcock snipe. See under Snipe.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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