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noun
Any of three long-legged and long-billed migratory wading birds in the genus Limnodromus of the family Scolopacidae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
shorebird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: snipe
Narrower terms: greyback, grayback, Limnodromus griseus, red-breasted snipe, Limnodromus scolopaceus
History
From an Iroquoian language; compare Oneida tawístawe (“snipe”).
Across languages
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
