jacksnipe

or jack snipe

[ jak-snahyp ]

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.

jacksnipe

/ ˈdʒækˌsnaɪp /

noun

1. a small Eurasian short-billed snipe, Lymnocryptes minima
2. any of various similar birds, such as the pectoral sandpiper

Word History and Origins

Origin of jacksnipe¹

First recorded in 1655–65; jack ¹ + snipe

Example Sentences

The rail is rarely seen; but the jacksnipe is very plentiful in the late fall and up to mid-winter, when the great majority of them depart for warmer marshes.

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A man might as well gun up the corkscrew flight of a jacksnipe as to pour lead through the gaps in a side-steppin' freak like that.

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His place just now is filled by the jacksnipe, which flutters up from every boggy place and comes to bag in a condition anything but suggestive of short commons.

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In the swamp I found snipe, Scolopax Wilsonii: they call them here jacksnipe.

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Five-year close seasons should immediately be enacted for the following species: quail, woodcock, jacksnipe and all species of shore or "beach" birds.

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