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Definition of Scolopax rusticola
Scolopax rusticola Woodcock 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.
