woodcock

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

bécasse

bécasse des bois

bécasses

Synonymes

Eurasian woodcock

snipe

flicker

Eurasian Woodcock

Scandinavian woodcock

Traductions

Waldschnepfe

beccaccia

μπεκάτσα

houtsnip

becada

chocha

galinhola

Scolopax rusticola

çulluk

becada

chochaperdiz

Schnepfe

chocha perdiz

Scolopax

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈwʊd.kɒk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: wodecocke

Hérité de ancien anglais: wudecocc

In summary

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