woodcock

Betekenis (Engels)

1. Any of several wading birds in the genus Scolopax, characterised by a long slender bill and cryptic brown and blackish plumage.
2. A simpleton.

Sinonieme

Eurasian woodcock

snipe

flicker

Eurasian Woodcock

Scandinavian woodcock

Vertalings

Waldschnepfe

bécasse

beccaccia

μπεκάτσα

houtsnip

galinhola

becada

bécasse des bois

chocha

Scolopax rusticola

çulluk

becada

chochaperdiz

Schnepfe

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈwʊd.kɒk/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: wodecocke

Geërf van Old English: wudecocc

In summary

From Middle English wodecocke, wode-koc, wodekok, from Old English wudecocc, wuducoc, equivalent to wood + cock.