Definition of snipe

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Snipe (n.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak..

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Snipefish :: Snipefish (n.) A long, slender deep-sea fish (Nemichthys scolopaceus) with a slender beak..
Yellowlegs :: Yellowlegs (n.) Any one of several species of long-legged sandpipers of the genus Totanus, in which the legs are bright yellow; -- called also stone snipe, tattler, telltale, yellowshanks; and yellowshins. See Tattler, 2..
Snipe :: Snipe (n.) A fool; a blockhead.
Bellows Fish :: Bellows fish () A European fish (Centriscus scolopax), distinguished by a long tubular snout, like the pipe of a bellows; -- called also trumpet fish, and snipe fish..
Sea Snipe :: Sea snipe () The bellows fish.
Snipebill :: Snipebill (n.) A plane for cutting deep grooves in moldings.
Triddler :: Triddler (n.) The jacksnipe.
Shadbird :: Shadbird (n.) The American, or Wilson's, snipe. See under Snipe. So called because it appears at the same time as the shad..
Greenshank :: Greenshank (n.) A European sandpiper or snipe (Totanus canescens); -- called also greater plover.
Snypy :: Snypy (a.) Like a snipe.
Snite :: Snite (n.) A snipe.
Jacksnipe :: "Jacksnipe (n.) A small American sandpiper (Tringa maculata); -- called also pectoral sandpiper, and grass snipe..
Juddock :: Juddock (n.) See Jacksnipe.
Brownback :: Brownback (n.) The dowitcher or red-breasted snipe. See Dowitcher.
Snippack :: Snippack (n.) The common snipe.
Schizognathous :: Schizognathous (a.) Having the maxillo-palatine bones separate from each other and from the vomer, which is pointed in front, as in the gulls, snipes, grouse, and many other birds..
Longbeak :: Longbeak (n.) The American redbellied snipe (Macrorhamphus scolopaceus); -- called also long-billed dowitcher.
Snipefish :: Snipefish (n.) The bellows fish.
Whisp :: Whisp (n.) A flock of snipe.
Redbreast :: Redbreast (n.) The knot, or red-breasted snipe; -- called also robin breast, and robin snipe. See Knot..
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