Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun woodcock_snipe

2 senses of woodcock snipe

Sense 1
great snipe, woodcock snipe, Gallinago media -- (Old World snipe larger and darker than the whole snipe)
       => snipe -- (Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks)

Sense 2
American woodcock, woodcock snipe, Philohela minor -- (small long-billed woodcock; prized as a game bird)
       => woodcock -- (game bird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe)