Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
game bird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pileate \Pi"le*ate\, Pileated \Pi"le*a`ted\, a. [L. pileatus,
fr. pileus a felt cap or hat.]
1. Having the form of a cap for the head.
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2. (Zool.) Having a crest covering the pileus, or whole top
of the head.
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Pileated woodpecker (Zool.), a large American woodpecker
(Ceophloeus pileatus). It is black, with a bright red
pointed crest. Called also logcock, and woodcock.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Woodcock \Wood"cock`\, n. [AS. wuducoc.]
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1. (Zool.) Any one of several species of long-billed
limicoline birds belonging to the genera Scolopax and
Philohela. They are mostly nocturnal in their habits,
and are highly esteemed as game birds.
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Note: The most important species are the European (Scolopax
rusticola) and the American woodcock (Philohela
minor), which agree very closely in appearance and
habits.
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2. Fig.: A simpleton. [Obs.]
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If I loved you not, I would laugh at you, and see
you
Run your neck into the noose, and cry, "A woodcock!"
--Beau. & Fl.
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Little woodcock.
(a) The common American snipe.
(b) The European snipe.
Sea woodcock fish, the bellows fish.
Woodcock owl, the short-eared owl (Asio brachyotus).
Woodcock shell, the shell of certain mollusks of the genus
Murex, having a very long canal, with or without spines.
Woodcock snipe. See under Snipe.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
woodcock
n 1: game bird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Woodcock, PA -- U.S. borough in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 146
Housing Units (2000): 57
Land area (2000): 0.561118 sq. miles (1.453290 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.561118 sq. miles (1.453290 sq. km)
FIPS code: 86160
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 41.754726 N, 80.084569 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Woodcock, PA
Woodcock