Woodcock
Definition of Woodcock
Wood´cock`
n.
1.
1.
(Zool.)
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
.
2.
Fig
.:
A
simpleton
.
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
.
Related Words
American
woodcock
,
Eurasian
woodcock
,
limicoline
bird
,
Philohela
minor
,
Scolopax
rusticola
,
shore
bird
,
shorebird
,
woodcock
snipe
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