half snipe

/hæf snaɪp/
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Definitions of half snipe
  1. noun
    a small short-billed Old World snipe
    synonyms: Limnocryptes minima, jacksnipe
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    snipe
    Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks
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