Definition of Red-breasted snipe

1. Noun. A dowitcher with a red breast.

Exact synonyms: Limnodromus Scolopaceus
Generic synonyms: Dowitcher

Lexicographical Neighbors of Red-breasted Snipe

red-baiting
red-banded sand wasp
red-banded sand wasps
red-bellied snake
red-bellied terrapin
red-bellied turtle
red-berried elder
red-berry
red-black tree
red-blind
red-blindness
red-blooded
red-breasted merganser
red-breasted nuthatch
red-breasted sapsucker
red-breasted snipe (current term)
red-brick
red-card
red-carpet
red-carpet(a)
red-coated
red-crested pochard
red-crested pochards
red-deer
red-eared slider
red-eared sliders
red-eye
red-eyed vireo
red-faced
red-faced cormorant

Literary usage of Red-breasted snipe

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

1. The Birds of America by John James] [Audubon (1843)
"By the Creoles of Louisiana the red-breasted snipe is named "Becassine de Mer," as well as ... red-breasted snipe, Scolopax noveboracensis, Wils. Amer. ..."

2. The Birds of Manitoba by Ernest Thompson Seton (1891)
"Long-billed Dowitcher, or red-breasted snipe. Common, chiefly as a migrant in the western part of the province ; Mouse River, at the boundary, ..."

3. A History of the Rarer British Birds by Thomas Campbell Eyton (1836)
"In Mr. Gould's " European Birds," an instance of its capture is mentioned as having occurred near Yarmouth. The red-breasted snipe appears to form a ..."

4. The American Sportsman: Containing Hints to Sportsmen, Notes on Shooting by Elisha Jarrett Lewis, George G. White (1863)
"... red-breasted snipe. SCOLOPAX NOVEBORACENSIS. HABITS, NOMENCLATURE, ETC. THIS snipe resembles very much in size and plumage the common snipe, ..."

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