G major
Translation- G major
- Snipe Snipe, n. [OE. snipe; akin to D. snep, snip, LG. sneppe,
snippe, G. schnepfe, Icel. sn[=i]pa (in comp.), Dan. sneppe,
Sw. sn["a]ppa a sanpiper, and possibly to E. snap. See
{Snap}, {Snaffle}.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline game
birds of the family {Scolopacid[ae]}, having a long,
slender, nearly straight beak.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The common, or whole, snipe ({Gallinago c[oe]lestis}) and the great, or double, snipe ({G. major}), are the most important European species. The Wilson's snipe ({G. delicata}) (sometimes erroneously called {English snipe}) and the gray snipe, or dowitcher ({Macrohamphus griseus}), are well-known American species. [1913 Webster]
2. A fool; a blockhead. [R.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
{Half snipe}, the dunlin; the jacksnipe.
{Jack snipe}. See {Jacksnipe}.
{Quail snipe}. See under {Quail}.
{Robin snipe}, the knot.
{Sea snipe}. See in the Vocabulary.
{Shore snipe}, any sandpiper.
{Snipe hawk}, the marsh harrier. [Prov. Eng.]
{Stone snipe}, the tattler.
{Summer snipe}, the dunlin; the green and the common European sandpipers.
{Winter snipe}. See {Rock snipe}, under {Rock}.
{Woodcock snipe}, the great snipe. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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