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jacksnipe
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun jacksnipe has 2 senses
- jacksnipe(n = noun.animal) half snipe, limnocryptes minima - a small short-billed Old World snipe; Array is a kind of snipe
- jacksnipe(n = noun.animal) calidris melanotos, pectoral sandpiper - American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting; Array is a kind of sandpiper
is a member of genus limnocryptes, limnocryptes
is a member of calidris, genus calidris
CIDE DICTIONARY
jacksnipe, n.
A small European snipe (Limnocryptes gallinula ); -- called also judcock , jedcock , juddock , jed , and half snipe . [1913 Webster]
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