wilson's snipe

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   American snipe

   SynonymsGallinago gallinago delicata

   Broadersnipe

   Part ofGallinago

Questions about wilson's snipe

What does wilson's snipe mean?

wilson's snipe means "American snipe".

What is another word for wilson's snipe?

Close synonyms include Gallinago gallinago delicata. 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 wilson's snipe a common word?

wilson's 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.