woodcock

noun pl. woodcocks or woodcock

1. a migratory European shorebird (Scolopax rusticola) with short legs and a long bill, of the same family (Scolopacidae) as snipe: it is hunted as game
2. ☆ a smaller game bird (Philohela minor) of the same family that frequents bogs and swampy places of E North America
3. Obsolete a fool; dupe