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jacksnipe definition

jack·snipe (-snīp′)

noun pl. jacksnipes -·snipes′ or jacksnipe -·snipe′

  1. a small snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus) of the Old World
  2. any of several similar American birds, as the pectoral sandpiper

Etymology: jack- + snipe

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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