2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The yaffle, or green woodpecker. [Prov. Eng.]
WOODCOCK
Wood"cock`, n. Etym: [AS. wuducoc.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of several species of long-billed limicoline birds belonging to the genera Scolopax and Philohela. They are mostly nocturnal in their habits, and are highly esteemed as game birds.
Note: The most important species are the European (Scolopax rusticola) and the American woodcock (Philohela minor), which agree very closely in appearance and habits.
2. Fig.: A simpleton. [Obs.] If I loved you not, I would laugh at you, and see you Run your neck into the noose, and cry, "A woodcock!" Beau. & Fl. Little woodcock. (a) The common American snipe. (b) The European snipe. — Sea woodcock fish, the bellows fish. — Woodcock owl, the short-eared owl (Asio brachyotus). — Woodcock shell, the shell of certain mollusks of the genus Murex, having a very long canal, with or without spines. — Woodcock snipe. See under Snipe.
WOODCRACKER
Wood"crack`er, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The nuthatch. [Prov. Eng.]
WOODCRAFT
Wood"craft`, n.