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jack snipe, ˈjack-ˌsnipe
[See Jack n.1 29, 34 b.]
A small species of snipe, Scolopax (Gallinago) gallinula; also called half-snipe. Also applied to the common American or Wilson's snipe, Gallinago Wilsoni, the Dunlin, Tringa alpina (Shetland), and the pectoral sandpiper of N. America, Tringa maculata.
1663Killigrew Parson's Wed. iii. ii. in Com. & Trag. (1664) 109 Provide me then the Chines fry'd, and the Salmon Calvered..and an Assembly of Woodcocks, and Jack-snipes. 1766Pennant Zool. (1768) II. 359 The Jacksnipe... Its weight is less than two ounces, inferior by half to that of the snipe. 1883Century Mag. Oct. 921/1 The Wilson's snipe..very closely resembles the jack snipe of Europe. 1889R. S. S. Baden-Powell Pigsticking 52 Like the particular tussock always tenanted by a jack snipe. |