"woodcock" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwʊd.kɒk/ Forms: woodcock [plural], woodcocks [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English wodecocke, wode-koc, wodekok, from Old English wudecocc, wuducoc, equivalent to wood + cock. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wodecocke}} Middle English wodecocke, {{m|enm|wode-koc}} wode-koc, {{m|enm|wodekok}} wodekok, {{inh|en|ang|wudecocc}} Old English wudecocc, {{m|ang|wuducoc}} wuducoc, {{af|en|wood|cock}} wood + cock Head templates: {{en-noun|woodcock|s}} woodcock (plural woodcock or woodcocks)
  1. Any of several wading birds in the genus Scolopax, of the family Scolopacidae, characterised by a long slender bill and cryptic brown and blackish plumage. Categories (lifeform): Scolopacids Translations (wading bird in the genus Scolopax): shapkë [feminine] (Albanian), σκολόπαξ (skolópax) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), ἀσκαλώπας (askalṓpas) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), կտցար (ktcʿar) (Armenian), çilingdimdik (Azerbaijani), kefeleg [masculine] (Breton), горски бекас (gorski bekas) [masculine] (Bulgarian), becada [feminine] (Catalan), (Chinese Mandarin), (yù) (Chinese Mandarin), кăрăпчак (kărăpčak) (Chuvash), kevelek [masculine] (Cornish), biccazza [feminine] (Corsican), sluka [feminine] (Czech), skovsneppe [common-gender] (Danish), houtsnip [feminine] (Dutch), snip [feminine] (Dutch), skolopo (Esperanto), kurvits (Estonian), lehtokurppa (Finnish), kurppa (Finnish), bécasse [feminine] (French), gjalinace [feminine] (Friulian), arcea [feminine] (Galician), ტყისქათამი (ṭq̇iskatami) (Georgian), Waldschnepfe [feminine] (German), μπεκάτσα (bekátsa) [feminine] (Greek), חַרְטוֹמָן (khartóman) [masculine] (Hebrew), erdei szalonka (Hungarian), bekaso (Ido), creabhar [masculine] (Irish), beccaccia [feminine] (Italian), acceggia [feminine] (Italian), ヤマシギ (yamashigi) (Japanese), 山鷸 (yamashigi) (alt: やましぎ) (Japanese), щӏупхъхэр (śʼupχxɛr) (Kabardian), attagēna [feminine] (Latin), scolopax [feminine] (Latin), sloka [feminine] (Latvian), slanka [feminine] (Lithuanian), Boomsnip [German-Low-German, feminine] (Low German), шлу́ка (šlúka) [feminine] (Macedonian), ushag rhennee [feminine] (Manx), bécache [Jersey, feminine] (Norman), rugde [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), rugde [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), becada [feminine] (Occitan), becassa [feminine] (Occitan), կտցար (ktcʿar) (Old Armenian), wuducoc [masculine] (Old English), słonka [feminine] (Polish), galinhola [feminine] (Portuguese), becață [feminine] (Romanian), becațină [feminine] (Romanian), sitar [masculine] (Romanian), ва́льдшнеп (válʹdšnɛp) [masculine] (Russian), шљу̏ка [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), šljȕka [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), biccaccia [feminine] (Sicilian), chocha [feminine] (Spanish), chochaperdiz [feminine] (Spanish), morkulla (Swedish), ஆங்கிலப்பெயர் (āṅkilappeyar) (Tamil), çulluk (Turkish), слуква (slukva) (Ukrainian), cyffylog [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-woodcock-en-noun-Npv-DBou Disambiguation of Scolopacids: 96 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 99 1 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 98 2 Disambiguation of 'wading bird in the genus Scolopax': 100 0
  2. A simpleton.
    Sense id: en-woodcock-en-noun-B4M8Q~dV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: roding, the patrolling flight pattern of the woodcock
Derived forms: Amami woodcock, Scolopax mira, American woodcock, Scolopax minor, Bukidnon woodcock, Scolopax bukidnonensis, Eurasian woodcock, Scolopax rusticola, Javan woodcock, Scolopax saturata, Moluccan woodcock, Scolopax rochussenii, New Guinea woodcock, Scolopax rosenbergii, Scotch woodcock, Sulawesi woodcock, Scolopax celebensis

Inflected forms

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            "masculine"
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          "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "lang": "Sicilian",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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            "feminine"
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          "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
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            "feminine"
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          "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
          "word": "morkulla"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "roman": "āṅkilappeyar",
          "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
          "word": "ஆங்கிலப்பெயர்"
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          "lang": "Turkish",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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      "word": "Scolopax rusticola"
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      "word": "Javan woodcock"
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      "word": "Scolopax saturata"
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      "word": "Moluccan woodcock"
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    {
      "word": "Scolopax rochussenii"
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      "word": "Scolopax rosenbergii"
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      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "shapkë"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ktcʿar",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "word": "կտցար"
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      "code": "xcl",
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      "roman": "ktcʿar",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "word": "կտցար"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "word": "çilingdimdik"
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      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kefeleg"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "gorski bekas",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "горски бекас"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "becada"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "word": "鷸"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yù",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "word": "鹬"
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    {
      "code": "cv",
      "lang": "Chuvash",
      "roman": "kărăpčak",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "word": "кăрăпчак"
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      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "kevelek"
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      "code": "co",
      "lang": "Corsican",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "biccazza"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sluka"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "skovsneppe"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "houtsnip"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "snip"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "word": "skolopo"
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "word": "kurvits"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "word": "lehtokurppa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "word": "kurppa"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bécasse"
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    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "gjalinace"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "arcea"
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    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṭq̇iskatami",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "word": "ტყისქათამი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Waldschnepfe"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "bekátsa",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "μπεκάτσα"
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      "code": "grc",
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      "roman": "skolópax",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "σκολόπαξ"
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "askalṓpas",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ἀσκαλώπας"
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "khartóman",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "חַרְטוֹמָן"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "word": "erdei szalonka"
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    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "word": "bekaso"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "creabhar"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "beccaccia"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "acceggia"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yamashigi",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "word": "ヤマシギ"
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      "alt": "やましぎ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yamashigi",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "word": "山鷸"
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      "code": "kbd",
      "lang": "Kabardian",
      "roman": "śʼupχxɛr",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "word": "щӏупхъхэр"
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "attagēna"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "scolopax"
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sloka"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "slanka"
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    {
      "code": "nds-de",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Boomsnip"
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    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "šlúka",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "шлу́ка"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ushag rhennee"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "tags": [
        "Jersey",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bécache"
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    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rugde"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rugde"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "becada"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "becassa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wuducoc"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "słonka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "galinhola"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "becață"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "becațină"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "válʹdšnɛp",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ва́льдшнеп"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "шљу̏ка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "šljȕka"
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    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "biccaccia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chocha"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chochaperdiz"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "word": "morkulla"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "āṅkilappeyar",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "word": "ஆங்கிலப்பெயர்"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "word": "çulluk"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "slukva",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "word": "слуква"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "wading bird in the genus Scolopax",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cyffylog"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "woodcock"
  ],
  "word": "woodcock"
}

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