(Zool.) The bar-tailed godwit. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. wuducoc. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The most important species are the European (Scolopax rusticola) and the American woodcock (Philohela minor), which agree very closely in appearance and habits. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
Little woodcock.
Sea woodcock fish,
Woodcock owl,
Woodcock shell,
Woodcock snipe.