jacksnipe.
/jak-snahyp/US // ˈdʒækˌsnaɪp //UK // (ˈdʒækˌsnaɪp) //
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Definitions
n.noun · 名词
- 1.
plural jack·snipe, jack·snipes.
- ›Also called half snipe. a small, short-billed snipe, Limnocryptes minimus, of Europe and Asia.
- ›any of several related snipes.
- ›pectoral sandpiper.
Examples
Of course there's the fun of it—the 'pats,' the quail, the jacksnipe, the 'cock.
In the swamp I found snipe, Scolopax Wilsonii: they call them here jacksnipe.
The flight of the Asiatic jacksnipe is exactly like that of his American brother.
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