asio brachyotus

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asio brachyotus - 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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