noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of species Lymnocryptes minimus of migratory small stocky waders, the smallest of the snipes.
2. 2
   American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting wordnet
3. 3
   a small short-billed Old World snipe wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

half snipecalidris melanotoshalf snipejudcockjudcockjuddock

Etymology

From jack + snipe.

Related phrases

lymnocryptes minimus

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