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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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) Having a crest covering the pileus, or whole top of the head. [1913 Webster] Pileated woodpecker (Zool.), a large American woodpecker (Ceophloeus pileatus). It is black, with a bright red pointed crest. Called also logcock, and woodcock. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Woodcock \Wood"cock`\, n. [AS. wuducoc.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Note: The most important species are the European (Scolopax rusticola) and the American woodcock (Philohela minor), which agree very closely in appearance and habits. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: A simpleton. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
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