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painted snipe

noun

  1. either of two snipelike birds of the family Rostratulidae, of South America and the Old World tropics, the female of which is larger and more brightly colored than the male.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of painted snipe1

First recorded in 1805–15
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Example Sentences

Some of the snipe were larger and deeper in colour than those I am familiar with—Painted snipe I believe.

I shot a snipe near the creek, much resembling the painted snipe of India; but I had not the means with me of preserving it.

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