jacksnipe
Noun
1. a small short-billed Old World snipe
(synonym) half snipe, Limnocryptes minima
(hypernym) snipe
(member-holonym) Limnocryptes, genus Limnocryptes
2. American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting
(synonym) pectoral sandpiper, Calidris melanotos
(hypernym) sandpiper
(member-holonym) Calidris, genus Calidris
Jacksnipe
(n.)
A small European snipe (Limnocryptes gallinula); -- called also judcock, jedcock, juddock, jed, and half snipe.
(n.)
A small American sandpiper (Tringa maculata); -- called also pectoral sandpiper, and grass snipe.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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