Definitions for: Woodcock

[n] game bird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe

Webster (1913) Definition: Wood"cock`, n. [AS. wuducoc.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of long-billed
limicoline birds belonging to the genera Scolopax and
Philohela. They are mostly nocturnal in their habits,
and are highly esteemed as game birds.

Note: The most important species are the European ({Scolopax
rusticola}) and the American woodcock ({Philohela
minor}), which agree very closely in appearance and
habits.

2. Fig.: A simpleton. [Obs.]

If I loved you not, I would laugh at you, and see
you Run your neck into the noose, and cry, ``A
woodcock!'' --Beau. & Fl.

Little woodcock.
(a) The common American snipe.
(b) The European snipe.

Sea woodcock fish, the bellows fish.

Woodcock owl, the short-eared owl (Asio brachyotus).

Woodcock shell, the shell of certain mollusks of the genus
Murex, having a very long canal, with or without spines.

Woodcock snipe. See under Snipe.

See Also: American woodcock, Eurasian woodcock, limicoline bird, Philohela minor, Scolopax rusticola, shore bird, shorebird, woodcock snipe

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