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Thesaurus: woodcock

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.

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  1. n. 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. n. Fig.: A simpleton.
  3. n. game bird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe
  4. Any one of several species of long-billed limicoline birdsbelonging to the genera Scolopax and Philohela. They are mostlynocturnal in their habits, and are highly esteemed as game birds.
  5. n:100 n. game bird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe