timberdoodle

timberdoodle
noun Etymology: 1timber + doodle cock Date: 1856 the North American woodcock

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  • American woodcock — noun A North American shorebird, Scolopax minor Syn: timberdoodle, bogsucker, night partridge, brush snipe, hokumpoke, becasse …   Wiktionary

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