Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A snipe of the genus Macrorhamphus; a dowitcher: as, the greater longbeak, M. scolopaceus.
  • noun Any butterfly of the family Lybytheidæ: so called from their very long, appressed, beak-like palpi.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) The American redbellied snipe (Macrorhamphus scolopaceus); -- called also long-billed dowitcher.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The American red-bellied snipe (Macrorhamphus scolopaceus).

Etymologies

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long +‎ beak

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