[woo
d-kok] 
) -cock for 1, 2. | 1. | either of two plump, short-legged migratory game birds of variegated brown plumage, the Eurasian Scolopax rusticola and the smaller American Philohela minor. |
| 2. | any of various pileated or ivory-billed woodpeckers. |
| 3. | Archaic. a simpleton. |
| wood·cock (wŏŏd'kŏk') n. pl. woodcock or wood·cocks Either of two related game birds, Scolopax rusticola of the Old World or Philohela minor of North America, having brownish plumage, short legs, and a long bill. |