snipe
noun/snaɪp/
/snaɪp/
(plural snipe)
- a bird with a long straight beak that lives on wet groundTopics Birdsc2Word OriginMiddle English: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Icelandic mýrisnípa; obscurely related to Dutch snip and German Schnepfe.
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