jacksnipe

or jack snipe

[ jak-snahyp ]

/ ˈdʒækˌsnaɪp /

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noun, plural (especially collectively) jack·snipe, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) jack·snipes.

Also called half snipe. a small, short-billed snipe, Limnocryptes minimus, of Europe and Asia.

any of several related snipes.

pectoral sandpiper.

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Origin of jacksnipe

First recorded in 1655–65; jack¹ + snipe

Words nearby jacksnipe

jackscrew, jackshaft, jack shit, jacksie, jacksmelt, jacksnipe, Jackson, Jackson, Andrew, Jackson Day, Jackson Hole, Jacksonian

How to use jacksnipe in a sentence

Of course there's the fun of it—the 'pats,' the quail, the jacksnipe, the 'cock.
The Adventures of Bobby Orde|Stewart Edward White
In the swamp I found snipe, Scolopax Wilsonii: they call them here jacksnipe.
Lippincott's Magazine. Vol. XII, No. 33. December, 1873.|Various
The flight of the Asiatic jacksnipe is exactly like that of his American brother.
The Philippines Past and Present (Volume 2 of 2)|Dean Conant Worcester

British Dictionary definitions for jacksnipe

jacksnipe

/ (ˈdʒækˌsnaɪp) /

noun plural -snipe or -snipes

a small Eurasian short-billed snipe, Lymnocryptes minima

any of various similar birds, such as the pectoral sandpiper

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