Definition of American woodcock

1. Noun. Small long-billed woodcock; prized as a game bird.

Exact synonyms: Philohela Minor, Woodcock Snipe
Generic synonyms: Woodcock
Group relationships: Genus Philohela, Philohela

Definition of American woodcock

1. Noun. A North American shorebird, ''Scolopax minor'' ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of American Woodcock

American turkey oak
American twinflower
American wall fern
American water ouzel
American water shrew
American water spaniel
American watercress
American white birch
American white oak
American white pine
American widgeon
American widgeons
American wire gauge
American wistaria
American wisteria
American woodcock
American wormseed
Americana
Americanese
Americanisation
Americanisations
Americanise
Americanised
Americanises
Americanising
Americanism
Americanisms
Americanist
Americanistically
Americanists

Literary usage of American woodcock

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. North American Birds Eggs by Chester Albert Reed (1904)
"This European bird is similar to the American'Woodcock,'hut is larger and is barred beneath. Their habits are the same as those of our species. 228. ..."

2. The Birds of America by John James] [Audubon (1843)
"... the fourth and fifth quills longest, the first three extraordinarily attenuated. Tail very short, cuneate, of twelve feathers. THE american woodcock, OR ..."

3. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1893)
"EDWARD J. BROWN, Washing-ton, DC The american woodcock (P/iilo/icla minor) in Great Numbers at Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.—A cold wave accompanied by a ..."

4. Sport with Gun and Rod in American Woods and Waters by Alfred Marshall Mayer (1883)
"THE american woodcock. BY GEORGE BIRD GRINNELL, PH. D. THERE is a little russet-coated bird, dear to the heart of every sportsman, whose name is ..."

5. Nests and Eggs of North American Birds by Oliver Davie (1900)
"american woodcock Mud, Big-headed, Blind and Wood and Whistling Snipe; » * * Timber Doodle, Bog Bird, Night Partridge, Night Peck, ..."

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