[jak-snahyp] 
) -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. |
| half snipe | |
noun | |
| a small short-billed Old World snipe [syn: jacksnipe] |