jacksnipe

American  

[jak-snahyp] / ˈdʒækˌsnaɪp /

Or jack snipe

noun

jacksnipe, plural jacksnipes plural

1. Also called half snipe.  a small, short-billed snipe, Limnocryptes minimus, of Europe and Asia.

2. any of several related snipes.

3. pectoral sandpiper.

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jacksnipe British  

/ ˈdʒækˌsnaɪp /

noun

1. a small Eurasian short-billed snipe, Lymnocryptes minima

2. any of various similar birds, such as the pectoral sandpiper

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• jacksnipe
  plural
• jacksnipes
  plural

Etymology

Origin of jacksnipe

First recorded in 1655–65; jack ¹ + snipe

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

jacksnipe jacksnipes

Other new zones with their dates for hunting duck, geese, coot and jacksnipe are as follows: Oct.

From Time Magazine Archive

Besides the 118 ducks there were 50 jacksnipe and 68 fine large wild pigeons.

From Out of Doors—California and Oregon by Graves, J. A.

His place just now is filled by the jacksnipe, which flutters up from every boggy place and comes to bag in a condition anything but suggestive of short commons.

From Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 by Various

Blackbirds of two or three kinds are found in the marshes, also killdeer, jacksnipe and the ever active and interesting spotted sandpipers.

From The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter by James, George Wharton

Wireworms and their adult forms, click beetles, are devoured by the northern phalarope, woodcock, jacksnipe, pectoral sandpiper, killdeer, and upland plover.

From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by Hornaday, William Temple

The jolter-head thought it was a sandpiper, but he wasn't much further out than you with your jacksnipes.

From Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn by Kingsley, Henry