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WILSON'S SNIPE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Wilson's snipe mean?
• WILSON'S SNIPE (noun)
The noun WILSON'S SNIPE has 1 sense:
1. American snipe
Familiarity information: WILSON'S SNIPE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
American snipe
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Gallinago gallinago delicata; Wilson's snipe
Hypernyms ("Wilson's 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 ("Wilson's snipe" is a member of...):
Capella; Gallinago; genus Capella; genus Gallinago (snipes)
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