"painted snipe" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpeɪntɛd.snaɪp/ Forms: painted snipes [plural], painted snipe [plural]
Etymology: painted + snipe Etymology templates: {{m|en|painted}} painted, {{m|en|snipe}} snipe Head templates: {{en-noun|s|painted snipe}} painted snipe (plural painted snipes or painted snipe)
  1. Any of three species of snipe-like birds in the family Rostratulidae, found in wetlands and characterised by reversed sexual dimorphism (female larger than male). Categories (lifeform): Shorebirds Synonyms: painted-snipe Derived forms: Australian painted snipe (taxonomic: Rostratula australis), greater painted snipe (taxonomic: Rostratula benghalensis), South American painted snipe (taxonomic: Nycticryphes semicollaris) Translations (bird of the family Rostratulidae): kurppo (Finnish), цветно́й бека́с (cvetnój bekás) [masculine] (Russian)

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