What is "woodcock snipe"

Snipe \Snipe\, n. [OE. snipe; akin to D. snep, snip, LG. sneppe, snippe, G. schnepfe, Icel. sn[=i]pa (in comp.), Dan. sneppe, Sw. sn["a]ppa a sanpiper, and possibly to E. snap. See Snap, Snaffle.]

1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacid[ae], having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.

   Note: The common, or whole, snipe ( Gallinago c[oe]lestis) and the great, or double, snipe ( G. major), are the most important European species. The Wilson's snipe ( G. delicata) (sometimes erroneously called English snipe) and the gray snipe, or dowitcher ( Macrohamphus griseus), are well-known American species.

2. A fool; a blockhead. [R.]
   --Shak.

   Half snipe, the dunlin; the jacksnipe.

   Jack snipe. See Jacksnipe.

   Quail snipe. See under Quail.

   Robin snipe, the knot.

   Sea snipe. See in the Vocabulary.

   Shore snipe, any sandpiper.

   Snipe hawk, the marsh harrier. [Prov. Eng.]

   Stone snipe, the tattler.

   Summer snipe, the dunlin; the green and the common European sandpipers.

   Winter snipe. See Rock snipe, under Rock.

   Woodcock snipe, the great snipe.

Woodcock \Wood"cock`\, n. [AS. wuducoc.]

1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of long-billed limicoline birds belonging to the genera Scolopax and Philohela. They are mostly nocturnal in their habits, and are highly esteemed as game birds.

   Note: The most important species are the European ( Scolopax rusticola) and the American woodcock ( Philohela minor), which agree very closely in appearance and habits.

2. Fig.: A simpleton. [Obs.] If I loved you not, I would laugh at you, and see you Run your neck into the noose, and cry, ``A woodcock!'' --Beau. & Fl. Little woodcock.

   1. The common American snipe.

   2. The European snipe.

      Sea woodcock fish, the bellows fish.

      Woodcock owl, the short-eared owl ( Asio brachyotus).

      Woodcock shell, the shell of certain mollusks of the genus Murex, having a very long canal, with or without spines.

      Woodcock snipe. See under Snipe.

1. n. Old World snipe larger and darker than the whole snipe [syn: great snipe, Gallinago media]

2. small long-billed American woodcock; prized as a game bird [syn: American woodcock, Philohela minor]