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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
    The American woodcock (Scolopax minor), sometimes colloquially referred to as the timberdoodle, mudbat, becasse, bogsucker, brush snipe, night partridge, or Labrador twister[3][4][5][6] is a small shorebird species found primarily in the eastern half of North America Woodcocks spend most of their time on the ground in brushy, young-forest habitats, where the birds' brown, black, and gray
  • American Woodcock Identification, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of . . .
    Superbly camouflaged against the leaf litter, the brown-mottled American Woodcock walks slowly along the forest floor, probing the soil with its long bill in search of earthworms Unlike its coastal relatives, this plump little shorebird lives in young forests and shrubby old fields across eastern North America Its cryptic plumage and low-profile behavior make it hard to find except in the
  • American Woodcock | Audubon Field Guide
    Related to the sandpipers, the American Woodcock has strikingly different habits This rotund, short-legged bird hides in forest thickets by day, where it uses its long bill to probe in damp soil for
  • American Woodcock - eBird
    Plump, well-camouflaged shorebird that favors wooded or shrubby areas, usually near open fields Plain buffy-salmon belly distinctive; also note intricately patterned upperparts with broad gray stripes down the back Goofy-looking expression with huge dark eye placed high and far back on head Extremely long bill used to probe the ground for worms When flushed from dense cover, listen for
  • 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) The woodcock is a startling game bird: crouched among dead leaves, well camouflaged by its buffy-brown, mottled plumage, a
  • AMERICAN WOODCOCK - Pheasants Forever
    Woodcock have nearly 360o a twittering sound At 100-300 feet in the air, he hovers, flying in a circle, then begins view due to eye placement his downward, corkscrew spiral, landing in almost the exact location he launched from toward far back of head
  • Woodcock Facts - RGS
    Woodcock are about the size of robins, and their plumage is an overall mottled russet or brown Males and females are similar in appearance, although females generally average a bit heavier than males — 7 6 ounces vs 6 2 ounces -with the weight of each sex varying depending on the time of year
  • Scolopax minor: INTRODUCTORY - US Forest Service
    The American woodcock is casual or transient in parts of the western United States and Mexico [38, 62] Severity of winter weather, earthworm (Lumbriculida) distribution, availability of suitable forest habitats, and length of the growing season may dictate the geographic distribution of the American woodcock [70, 167]
  • American Woodcock - NH Audubon
    American Woodcock (Scolopax minor) As shorebirds go, the American Woodcock is an outlier in several respects First off, it is completely terrestrial and almost never encountered in habitats wetter than damp woods Except for during the male’s display (see below), woodcock spend most of their time in forests, especially those dominated by
  • NETN Species Spotlight - American Woodcock - U. S. National Park Service
    The Woodcock remains a popular autumn game bird, though it isn’t believed that hunting is a big factor in its declining numbers As noted earlier, most of this decline is attributed to a loss of habitat caused by forest maturation and urban development Woodcocks can also be vulnerable to hazards encountered during migration





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