Jacksnipe (Noun)
Meaning 1
A small short-billed Old World snipe.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The jacksnipe is found in the wet grassy areas of Europe where it breeds during the summer months.
- Due to their camouflage plumage, spotting a jacksnipe in its natural habitat can be challenging for inexperienced birdwatchers.
- Jacksnipes are known to forage for small invertebrates on or close to the ground surface during the breeding season.
- A jacksnipe typically migrates to its wintering grounds alone rather than in large flocks like some other wading bird species.
- In terms of size, the jacksnipe is slightly larger than the common snipe and has a more rounded head shape.
Synonyms
Meaning 2
American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The nictitating membrane of the jacksnipe helped to protect its eyes as it danced in the prairie.
- When in courtship display, the male jcac. did not inflate his breast, contradicting prior observations of a jacksn, but in other respects he matched the description of a jacksnipe.
- Owing to the unglazed windows, a small American jk csnipe got inside a room.
- The male jcksp mated actively and, possibly as an adjunct to mating, every winter the sexes danced on the prairies as the lone jacks, .
- Male Amniatura barid unbarid - the prairie-plover j, danced on the pr. ro, and in a reas resp to terit rts and mat with malejcnipe.