snipe
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8.3
- noun
- /snaɪp/
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becasina
- So far they've spotted such rarities as a pin-tailed snipe and an Oriental greenfinch.
- a snipe hunt
- snipe flushes
- snipe on a bog
Examples
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The Wilson's snipe can be identified by its slender body and unique winnowing sound.
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With its long, straight bill, the snipe feeds on invertebrates found in mud.
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Just asking... - I want to know what a snipe looks like now.
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Oh, a snipe is an animal?
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- I found the snipe!
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It's that snipe we're after, Mr. Sumner.
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At the Bruns-Bischoff intersection at the Bruns farm, there were 6 or 9 Wilson's Snipe on both sides of the road.
Blog text (13) -
Now the dogs had the snipe surrounded, as Ann told it, and one by one the dogs went on point—each dog freezing as it pointed to the birds' hiding places—and it was the strangest scene.
Fiction book (1998) -
The snipe is a bird often seen wading in the shallow waters of wetlands.
Compounds
- Specialized
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9.4
A medium bird with a long straight bill and brown and grey feathers that lives in marshes
A shore bird with a reddish chest often seen on muddy coasts during breeding season
Surface Forms
Etymology
Snipe is the name of a long-billed marsh bird and comes from old European words for this hidden, muddy-ground bird that is hard to see.