GREAT SNIPE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Old World snipe larger and darker than the whole snipe

Synonyms:

Gallinago media; great snipe; woodcock snipe

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("great snipe" is a kind of...):

snipe (Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks)

Holonyms ("great snipe" is a member of...):

Capella; Gallinago; genus Capella; genus Gallinago (snipes)

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