GREAT SNIPE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does great snipe mean? 

• GREAT SNIPE (noun)
  The noun GREAT SNIPE has 1 sense:

1. Old World snipe larger and darker than the whole snipe

  Familiarity information: GREAT SNIPE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GREAT SNIPE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Old World snipe larger and darker than the whole snipe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Gallinago media; great snipe; woodcock snipe

Hypernyms ("great snipe" is a kind of...):

snipe (Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks)

Holonyms ("great snipe" is a member of...):

Capella; Gallinago; genus Capella; genus Gallinago (snipes)