English Explanatory Dictionary

woodcock

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several wading birds in the genus Scolopax, characterised by a long slender bill and cryptic brown and blackish plumage.
  2. A simpleton.
name
  1. A surname from Old English.
  2. A borough and neighbouring township in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Pronunciation

/ˈwʊd.kɒk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-woodcock.wav

Word forms

woodcock woodcocks

Etymology

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

Related words

roding the patrolling flight pattern of the woodcock

Derived words

Amami woodcock American woodcock Bukidnon woodcock Eurasian woodcock Javan woodcock Moluccan woodcock New Guinea woodcock Scotch woodcock Sulawesi woodcock
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