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woodcock
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pileate \Pi"le*ate\, Pileated \Pi"le*a`ted\, a. [L. pileatus,
fr. pileus a felt cap or hat.]
1. Having the form of a cap for the head.
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2. (Zool.) Having a crest covering the pileus, or whole top
of the head.
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Pileated woodpecker (Zool.), a large American woodpecker
(Ceophloeus pileatus). It is black, with a bright red
pointed crest. Called also logcock, and woodcock.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Woodcock \Wood"cock`\, n. [AS. wuducoc.]
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1. (Zool.) Any one of several species of long-billed
limicoline birds belonging to the genera Scolopax and
Philohela. They are mostly nocturnal in their habits,
and are highly esteemed as game birds.
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Note: The most important species are the European ({Scolopax
rusticola}) and the American woodcock ({Philohela
minor}), which agree very closely in appearance and
habits.
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2. Fig.: A simpleton. [Obs.]
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If I loved you not, I would laugh at you, and see
you
Run your neck into the noose, and cry, "A woodcock!"
--Beau. & Fl.
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Little woodcock.
(a) The common American snipe.
(b) The European snipe.
Sea woodcock fish, the bellows fish.
Woodcock owl, the short-eared owl (Asio brachyotus).
Woodcock shell, the shell of certain mollusks of the genus
Murex, having a very long canal, with or without spines.
Woodcock snipe. See under Snipe.
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