jacksnipes

Variant of jacksnipe

noun pl. jacksnipes or jacksnipe

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

Origin: jack- + snipe

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