jacksnipe

or jack snipe

[ jak-snahyp ]

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noun

, plural (especially collectively) jack·snipe, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) jack·snipes.

Also called half snipe. a small, short-billed snipe, Limnocryptes minimus, of Europe and Asia.
any of several related snipes.
pectoral sandpiper.

jacksnipe

/ ˈdʒækˌsnaɪp /

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First recorded in 1655–65; jack ¹ + snipe

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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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