Definition of Woodcack
Wood"cock` (?), n. [AS. wuducoc.]
1. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species
of long-billed limicoline birds belonging to the genera Scolopax and
Philohela. They are mostly nocturnal in their habits, and are highly
esteemed as game birds.
&fist; The most important species are the European (Scolopax
rusticola) and the American woodcock (Philohela minor), which
agree very closely in appearance and habits.
2. Fig.: A simpleton. [Obs.]
If I loved you not, I would laugh at you, and see you
Run your neck into the noose, and cry, "A woodcock!"
Beau. & Fl.
Little woodcock. (a) The common
American snipe. (b) The European snipe. --
Sea woodcock fish, the bellows fish. --
Woodcock owl, the short-eared owl (Asio
brachyotus). -- Woodcock shell, the shell of
certain mollusks of the genus Murex, having a very long canal, with
or without spines. -- Woodcock snipe. See under
Snipe.
Wood"cock` (?), n. [AS. wuducoc.]
1. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species
of long-billed limicoline birds belonging to the genera Scolopax and
Philohela. They are mostly nocturnal in their habits, and are highly
esteemed as game birds.
&fist; The most important species are the European (Scolopax
rusticola) and the American woodcock (Philohela minor), which
agree very closely in appearance and habits.
2. Fig.: A simpleton. [Obs.]
If I loved you not, I would laugh at you, and see you
Run your neck into the noose, and cry, "A woodcock!"
Beau. & Fl.
Little woodcock. (a) The common
American snipe. (b) The European snipe. --
Sea woodcock fish, the bellows fish. --
Woodcock owl, the short-eared owl (Asio
brachyotus). -- Woodcock shell, the shell of
certain mollusks of the genus Murex, having a very long canal, with
or without spines. -- Woodcock snipe. See under
Snipe.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
WOODCOCK. A taylor with a long bill.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- Any of various wading birds in the genus Scolopax, characterised by a long slender bill and cryptic brown and blackish plumage.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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