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JACKSNIPE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting
Synonyms:
Calidris melanotos; jacksnipe; pectoral sandpiper
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("jacksnipe" is a kind of...):
sandpiper (any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers)
Holonyms ("jacksnipe" is a member of...):
Calidris; genus Calidris (a genus of Scolopacidae)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A small short-billed Old World snipe
Synonyms:
half snipe; jacksnipe; Limnocryptes minima
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("jacksnipe" 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 ("jacksnipe" is a member of...):
genus Limnocryptes; Limnocryptes (snipe)
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