Scolopax rusticola
- Scolopax rusticola
- Woodcock Wood"cock`, n. [AS. wuducoc.]
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1. (Zo["o]l.) 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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Note: The most important species are the European ({Scolopax rusticola}) and the American woodcock ({Philohela minor}), which agree very closely in appearance and habits. [1913 Webster]
2. Fig.: A simpleton. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
{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}. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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