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snipe
Found in thesaurus: limicoline bird, shorebird, shore bird, gunfire, gunshot, hunt, run, track down, hunt down, shoot, pick apart, knock, criticise, criticize
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snipe
v.
hunt snipe; shoot from a distant or concealed position
n.
long-billed wading bird of Eurasia and North America; shot fired from a distant or concealed position
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Snipe
A snipe is any of about 25 wading bird species in three genera in the family Scolopacidae. They are characterized by a very long, slender bill and crypsis plumage. The Gallinago snipes have a nearly worldwide distribution, the Lymnocryptes snipe is restricted to Asia and Europe and the Coenocorypha snipes are found only in the Outlying Islands of New Zealand. The three species of painted snipe are not closely related to the typical snipes, and are placed in their own family, the Rostratulidae.
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snipe
Noun
1. Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks
(hypernym) shorebird, shore bird, limicoline bird
(hyponym) whole snipe, common snipe, Gallinago gallinago
(member-holonym) wisp
2. a gunshot from a concealed location
(hypernym) gunfire, gunshot
(derivation) sharpshoot
Verb
1. hunt or shoot snipe
(hypernym) hunt, run, hunt down, track down
2. aim and shoot with great precision
(synonym) sharpshoot
(hypernym) shoot
3. attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"
(synonym) attack, round, assail, lash out, assault
(hypernym) knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
(hyponym) abuse, clapperclaw, blackguard, shout
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Snipe
(n.)
Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.
Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.
(n.)
A fool; a blockhead.
A fool; a blockhead.
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鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利
yu4 bang4 xiang1 zheng1, yu2 weng1 de2 li4
When the snipe and a clam were fighting, the fisherman caught them both.
Two dogs fight for a bone and the third runs away with it.
When the snipe and a clam were fighting, the fisherman caught them both.
Two dogs fight for a bone and the third runs away with it.
