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 alsolong-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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