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RED-BREASTED SNIPE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does red-breasted snipe mean?
• RED-BREASTED SNIPE (noun)
The noun RED-BREASTED SNIPE has 1 sense:
1. a dowitcher with a red breast
Familiarity information: RED-BREASTED SNIPE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A dowitcher with a red breast
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Limnodromus scolopaceus; red-breasted snipe
Hypernyms ("red-breasted snipe" is a kind of...):
dowitcher (shorebird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe)
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