woodcock
[ woo d-kok ]
/ ˈwʊdˌkɒk /
noun, plural wood·cocks, (especially collectively) wood·cock for 1, 2.
either of two plump, short-legged migratory game birds of variegated brown plumage, the Eurasian Scolopax rusticola and the smaller American Philohela minor.
any of various pileated or ivory-billed woodpeckers.
Archaic.
a simpleton.
Words nearby woodcock
woodchip,
woodchipper,
woodchop,
woodchopper,
woodchuck,
woodcock,
woodcraft,
woodcrafter,
woodcraftsman,
woodcreeper,
woodcut
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British Dictionary definitions for woodcock
woodcock
/ (ˈwʊdˌkɒk) /
noun
an Old World game bird, Scolopax rusticola, resembling the snipe but larger and having shorter legs and neck: family Scolopacidae (sandpipers, etc), order Charadriiformes
a related North American bird, Philohela minor
obsolete
a simpleton