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woodcock

wood·cock

UK/ˈwʊd.kɒk/ US/ˈwʊˌdkɑk/ rare

noun

1.

game bird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe

Origin

From Middle English wodecocke, wode-koc, wodekok, from Old English wudecocc, wuducoc, equivalent to wood + cock.

Phrases

  • Amami woodcock
  • American woodcock
  • Bukidnon woodcock
  • Eurasian woodcock
  • Javan woodcock
  • Moluccan woodcock
  • New Guinea woodcock
  • Scotch woodcock

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