woodcock

English Thesaurus

1. game bird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	limicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird,
definition	:	any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	eurasian woodcock, scolopax rusticola,
definition	:	short-legged long-billed migratory Old World woodcock (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	american woodcock, philohela minor, woodcock snipe,
definition	:	small long-billed woodcock; prized as a game bird (noun.animal)