HALF SNIPE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does half snipe mean? 

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

1. a small short-billed Old World snipe

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HALF SNIPE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small short-billed Old World snipe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

half snipe; jacksnipe; Limnocryptes minima

Hypernyms ("half 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 ("half snipe" is a member of...):

genus Limnocryptes; Limnocryptes (snipe)