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jack·snipe
/
ˈdʒækˌsnaɪp
/
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jak
-snahyp
]
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noun,
plural
(
especially collectively
)
jack·snipe
(
especially referring to two or more kinds or species
)
jack·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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jacksnipe
(ˈdʒækˌsnaɪp)
—
n
,
pl
-snipe
,
-snipes
1.
a small Eurasian short-billed snipe,
Lymnocryptes minima
2.
any of various similar birds, such as the pectoral sandpiper
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