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Definition: English snipe
Snipe
\Snipe\, n. [OE. snipe; akin to D. snep, snip, LG. sneppe,
snippe, G. schnepfe, Icel. sn[=i]pa (in comp.), Dan. sneppe,
Sw. sn["a]ppa a sanpiper, and possibly to E. snap. See
Snap,
Snaffle.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline game
birds of the family
Scolopacid[ae], having a long,
slender, nearly straight beak.
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Note: The common, or whole, snipe (
Gallinago c[oe]lestis)
and the great, or double, snipe (
G. major), are the
most important European species. The Wilson's snipe
(
G. delicata) (sometimes erroneously called
English snipe
) and the gray snipe, or dowitcher (
Macrohamphus griseus
), are well-known American species.
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2. A fool; a blockhead. [R.] --Shak.
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Half snipe, the dunlin; the jacksnipe.
Jack snipe. See
Jacksnipe.
Quail snipe. See under
Quail.
Robin snipe, the knot.
Sea snipe. See in the Vocabulary.
Shore snipe, any sandpiper.
Snipe hawk, the marsh harrier. [Prov. Eng.]
Stone snipe, the tattler.
Summer snipe, the dunlin; the green and the common European
sandpipers.
Winter snipe. See
Rock snipe, under
Rock.
Woodcock snipe, the great snipe.
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