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woodcock

wood.cock \'wu.d-.ka:k\ n or woodcocks;  or woodcock pl  pl  1: a 
   widespread Old World limicoline bird (Scolopax rusticola); al so : a 
   smaller related American bird (Philohela minor) prized as a game bird 
   archaic  2: SIMPLETON