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| G delicata | Snipe \Snipe\, n. [OE. snipe; akin to D. snep, snip, LG. sneppe, snippe, G. schnepfe, Icel. sn[=i]pa (in comp.), Dan. sneppe, Sw. sn["a]ppa a sanpiper, and possibly to E. snap. See {Snap}, {Snaffle}.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family {Scolopacid[ae]}, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak. [1913 Webster] Note: The common, or whole, snipe ({Gallinago c[oe]lestis}) and the great, or double, snipe ({G. major}), are the most important European species. The Wilson's snipe ({G. delicata}) (sometimes erroneously called {English snipe}) and the gray snipe, or dowitcher ({Macrohamphus griseus}), are well-known American species. [1913 Webster] 2. A fool; a blockhead. [R.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] {Half snipe}, the dunlin; the jacksnipe. {Jack snipe}. See {Jacksnipe}. {Quail snipe}. See under {Quail}. {Robin snipe}, the knot. {Sea snipe}. See in the Vocabulary. {Shore snipe}, any sandpiper. {Snipe hawk}, the marsh harrier. [Prov. Eng.] {Stone snipe}, the tattler. {Summer snipe}, the dunlin; the green and the common European sandpipers. {Winter snipe}. See {Rock snipe}, under {Rock}. {Woodcock snipe}, the great snipe. [1913 Webster] |
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