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half snipe

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jack⋅snipe

[jak-snahyp]
–noun, plural (especially collectively) -snipe, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -snipes.
1. Also called half snipe. a small, short-billed snipe, Limnocryptes minimus, of Europe and Asia.
2. any of several related snipes.
3. pectoral sandpiper.

Origin:
1655–65; jack 1 + snipe
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