What does half snipe mean?

half snipe means "a small short-billed Old World snipe".

What is another word for half snipe?

Close synonyms include jacksnipe, Limnocryptes minima. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is half snipe a common word?

half snipe is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Half snipe — meaning and 2 synonyms

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a small short-billed Old World snipe
Synonymsjacksnipe Limnocryptes minima
Broadersnipe
Part ofLimnocryptes

Questions about half snipe

What does half snipe mean?: half snipe means "a small short-billed Old World snipe".
What is another word for half snipe?: Close synonyms include jacksnipe, Limnocryptes minima. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

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