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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. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2. | Fig.: A simpleton. If I loved you not, I would laugh at you, and see you Run your neck into the noose, and cry, "A woodcock!"
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| Noun | 1. | woodcock - game bird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe |