woodcocks

noun

Meaning

Any of several wading birds in the genus Scolopax, of the family Scolopacidae, characterised by a long slender bill and cryptic brown and blackish plumage.
A simpleton.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

bobolinks(English)pipits(English)hermit thrush(English)scarlet tanager(English)dickcissel(English)gray catbird(English)winter wren(English)waxwings(English)

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Sources

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