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Jacksnipe

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Noun

1. half snipe, jacksnipe, limnocryptes minima

a small short-billed Old World snipe

2. calidris melanotos, jacksnipe, pectoral sandpiper

American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting

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Jacksnipe

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noun plural -snipe or -snipes
1. 
a small Eurasian short-billed snipe, Lymnocryptes minima
2. 
any of various similar birds, such as the pectoral sandpiper

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Jacksnipe

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nounWord forms: plural ˈjackˌsnipes or ˈjackˌsnipe
1. 
a small snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus) of the Old World
2. 
any of several similar American birds, as the pectoral sandpiper

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