noun
small long-billed woodcock; prized as a game bird
• Syn: ↑woodcock snipe, ↑Philohela minor
• Hypernyms: ↑woodcock
• Member Holonyms: ↑Philohela, ↑genus Philohela
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American woodcock,
the common woodcock of the eastern United States and southern Canada: »
The American woodcock…has short legs and a tail, and a long bill with a sensitive tip (Alfred M. Bailey).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.