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GREAT SNIPE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Old World snipe larger and darker than the whole snipe
Synonyms:
Gallinago media; great snipe; woodcock snipe
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("great 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 ("great snipe" is a member of...):
Capella; Gallinago; genus Capella; genus Gallinago (snipes)