snipe
snipe / snīp/ • n. (pl. same or snipes ) a wading bird (Gallinago and other genera) of the sandpiper family, living in marshes and wet meadows, with brown camouflaged plumage and a long straight bill.• v. [intr.] shoot at someone from a hiding place, esp. at long range. ∎ make a sly or petty verbal attack: the brothers sniped at each other. DERIVATIVES: snip·er n.
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snipe
snipe Any of several species of migratory, long-billed, wading shorebirds found in swampy grasslands and coastal areas throughout the world. It is generally mottled brown and buff. Length: 30cm (12in). Family Scolopacidae; genus Gallinago.
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