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painted snipe
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noun
either of two snipelike birds of the family Rostratulidae, of South America and the Old World tropics, the female of which is larger and more brightly colored than the male.
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Origin of painted snipe
First recorded in 1805–15
Words nearby painted snipe
painted cup, Painted Desert, painted greenling, painted horse, painted lady, painted snipe, painted tongue, painted trillium, painted turtle, painted woman, painter
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How to use painted snipe in a sentence
Some of the snipe were larger and deeper in colour than those I am familiar with—Painted snipe I believe.
From Edinburgh to India & Burmah|William G. Burn MurdochI shot a snipe near the creek, much resembling the painted snipe of India; but I had not the means with me of preserving it.