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| Woodrock | n. (Min.) A compact woodlike variety of asbestus. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Woodcock | n. [ AS. wuducoc. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. (Zool.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ 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 ]
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| | | | | นกปากซ่อมดง | [nok pāk sǿm dong] (n, exp) EN: Eurasian Woodcock FR: Bécasse des bois [ f ] ; Bécasse d’Europe [ f ] ; Nordette [ f ] ; Bécasse ordinaire [ f ] |
| | | | woodcock | (n) game bird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe |
| | Woodcock | n. [ AS. wuducoc. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. (Zool.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ 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 ]
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| | 山鷸 | [やましぎ;ヤマシギ, yamashigi ; yamashigi] (n) (uk) Eurasian woodcock (Scolopax rusticola) [Add to Longdo] | | 鷸;鴫 | [しぎ;シギ, shigi ; shigi] (n) (uk) sandpiper (any bird of family Scolopacidae, inc. the curlews, godwits, phalaropes, redshanks, ruff, snipes, turnstones, and woodcocks) [Add to Longdo] |
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