Definition of Great snipe

1. Noun. Old World snipe larger and darker than the whole snipe.

Exact synonyms: Gallinago Media, Woodcock Snipe
Group relationships: Capella, Gallinago, Genus Capella, Genus Gallinago
Generic synonyms: Snipe

Lexicographical Neighbors of Great Snipe

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great pancreatic artery
great plague
great plains paintbrush
great power
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great radicular artery
great ragweed
great ramshorn
great room
great saphenous vein
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great sciatic nerve
great seal
great skua
great snipe (current term)
great spotted kiwi
great spotted kiwis
great spotted woodpecker
great spotted woodpeckers
great superior pancreatic artery
great tinamou
great tinamous
great tit
great toe
great uncle
great uncles
great unwashed
great vein of Galen

Literary usage of Great snipe

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of British Birds by William Yarrell, Alfred Newton, Howard Saunders (1884)
"Wings moderate, pointed, the first quill-feather the longest; inner secondaries very long. THE great snipe was first described as a British bird by Pennant, ..."

2. Birds of Great Britain and Ireland: Parts 1-4 by William Jardine (1866)
"It is remarkable, that in Britain the specimens of the great snipe have been almost all met with in autumn, comparatively few being found in the spring, ..."

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