woodcock

/ˌwʊdˈkɑk/

/ˈwʊdkɒk/

Other forms: woodcocks

Definitions of woodcock

1. noun

   game bird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe
   types:

   Eurasian woodcock, Scolopax rusticola

   short-legged long-billed migratory Old World woodcock

   American woodcock, Philohela minor, woodcock snipe

   small long-billed woodcock; prized as a game bird

   type of:

   limicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird

   any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries