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jack snipe

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jack snipe /ˈdʒak snʌɪp /
noun a small dark Eurasian snipe.
Lymnocryptes minima, family Scolopacidae.
North American English any wader similar to the jack snipe, e.g. the pectoral sandpiper or the common snipe.