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woodcock    音标拼音: [w'ʊdk,ɑk]
n. 鸟鹬

鸟鹬

woodcock
n 1: game bird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe

Pileate \Pi"le*ate\, Pileated \Pi"le*a`ted\, a. [L. pileatus,
fr. pileus a felt cap or hat.]
1. Having the form of a cap for the head.
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2. (Zool.) Having a crest covering the pileus, or whole top
of the head.
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{Pileated woodpecker} (Zool.), a large American woodpecker
({Ceophloeus pileatus}). It is black, with a bright red
pointed crest. Called also {logcock}, and {woodcock}.
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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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  • American woodcock - Wikipedia
    Although classified with the sandpipers and shorebirds in the family Scolopacidae, the American woodcock lives mainly in upland settings The population of the American woodcock has fallen by an average of slightly more than 1% annually since the 1960s
  • American Woodcock Overview, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
    The woodcock is also known as the timberdoodle, Labrador twister, night partridge, and bog sucker The American Woodcock probes the soil with its bill to search for earthworms, using its flexible bill tip to capture prey
  • American Woodcock | Audubon Field Guide
    The American Woodcock is secretive but found in wet thickets, moist woods, and brushy swamps It favors a mix of forest and open fields, often spending days in the forest and nights in the open
  • Woodcock | Migration, Habitat Diet | Britannica
    Woodcock, any of five species of squat-bodied, long-billed birds of damp, dense woodlands, allied to the snipes in the waterbird family Scolopacidae (order Charadriiformes)
  • American Woodcock - American Bird Conservancy
    The American Woodcock is the only member of its family native to North America, with seven other woodcock species occurring in Europe and Asia It is a short-distance migrant, moving from the northernmost parts of its range to the Atlantic coast and Gulf states each fall
  • American Woodcock - eBird
    Might be confused with Wilson’s Snipe, but woodcock is not nearly as dark and patterned Fairly common throughout eastern North America, but secretive and rarely seen well in daytime Always on the ground, except during well-known elaborate courtship display performed from dusk to dawn in spring
  • American Woodcock (Scolopax minor) | U. S. Fish Wildlife Service
    Working with others to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife, plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people
  • AMERICAN WOODCOCK - Pheasants Forever
    Earthworms make up soils At dusk, the birds commute to a separate nearly 80% of the Woodcock’s diet with ants, flies, beetles, crickets, caterpillars, spiders and grasshoppers making up the remainder of their diet Woodcock forage for food by probing the soil with their bill
  • Scolopax minor: INTRODUCTORY - US Forest Service
    GENERAL DISTRIBUTION: The American woodcock is native to the forested portions of eastern North America [70, 167] Breeding range of the American woodcock extends from Nova Scotia west to southern Manitoba and south through the eastern and central United States to northern Florida and eastern Texas
  • Woodcock Facts - RGS
    Woodcock migrate at altitudes of about 50 feet, flying at night and resting or feeding in secluded thickets during the day The birds travel alone or in loose flocks called “flights ”





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