Scolopax

noun

type of the Scolopacidae: Old World woodcocks

• Syn: ↑genus Scolopax

• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Scolopacidae, ↑family Scolopacidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑Eurasian woodcock, ↑Scolopax rusticola

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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌpaks\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Late Latin, woodcock, snipe, from Greek

: the type genus of Scolopacidae comprising the European woodcock and a few obscure East Indian birds but formerly including several other birds