| 单词 | full snipe |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfull snipe full snipe n. British (now rare) the common snipe, Gallinago gallinago.Cf. half-snipe n., double snipe n. at double adj.1 and adv. Compounds 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > genus Gallinago > galinago gallinago (common snipe) snitec725 snipec1325 brewea1475 mire-snipea1525 heather-bleater?1590 jack snipe1664 earn-bleater1754 weather-blate1802 full snipe1824 heather-bleat1824 shad-bird1879 gutter-snipe- 1824 P. Hawker Instr. Young Sportsmen (ed. 3) 241 The ‘old hand’ therefore keeps the jack for his own eating, and sends the fine looking full snipe to his friend. 1913 H. K. Swann Dict. Names Brit. Birds 90 The Common Snipe is also sometimes termed Full Snipe to distinguish it from the Jack (or Half) Snipe. 1965 Jrnl. Lancs. Dial. Soc. Jan. 15 Snipe,..full snipe, scape snipe: Heywood. < as lemmas |
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