Lexic.us

Definition of Jacksnipe

1. Noun. A small short-billed Old World snipe.

2. Noun. American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting.

Definition of Jacksnipe

1. n. A small European snipe (Limnocryptes gallinula); -- called also judcock, jedcock, juddock, jed, and half snipe.

Definition of Jacksnipe

1. Noun. ''Lymnocryptes minimus'', a migratory small stocky wader, the smallest of the snipes. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Jacksnipe

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Medical Definition of Jacksnipe

1. A small European snipe (Limnocryptes gallinula). Synonym: judcock, jedcock, juddock, jed, and half snipe. A small American sandpiper (Tringa maculata). Synonym: pectoral sandpiper, and grass snipe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jacksnipe

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Literary usage of Jacksnipe

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

1. Our Vanishing Wild Life: Its Extermination and Preservation by William Temple Hornaday (1913)
"11 semipalmated plover stomachs contained an average of 38 locusts each. 16 mountain plover stomachs contained an average of 45 locusts each. 11 jacksnipe ..."

2. The Sportsman's Library by John Mills (1845)
"An old steady pointer is the best for finding the jacksnipe. Epicures recommend this species for eating, in preference to the common snipe. ..."

3. Some more scraps about birds by Charles Murray Adamson (1881)
"Major Russell informed me the South African Common Snipe weighed five ounces. jacksnipe. Two killed at river side, near Scotswood, Sept. ..."

4. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1888)
"In connection with its second local name, I may mention that while in Shetland last year I was told of a nest of the jacksnipe having been found. ..."

5. Laws of Indiana Relating to the Conservation of Natural Resources: Including by Indiana, Richard Lieber, Charles Kettleborough, Indiana Dept. of Conservation, United States (1919)
"Waterfowl (except wood duck, eider ducks, and swans), coot, gallinules, and Wilson snipe or jacksnipe.—The open seasons for waterfowl (except wood duck, ..."

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