woodcock

Definition

Any of several wading birds in the genus Scolopax, characterised by a long slender bill and cryptic brown and blackish plumage.

Etymology

From Middle English wodecocke, wode-koc, wodekok, from Old English wudecocc, wuducoc, equivalent to wood + cock.

Example Sentences

• ""[A]h, that was the woodcock and the goatsucker - yes, yes! it sounds strange to him, that hasn't heard him[.]""
• "The woodcook is not only a culinary delight but it is reputed to increase seminal fluid."
• "If I loved you not, I would laugh at you, and see you / Run your neck into the noose, and cry, "A woodcock!""