Dictionary entry

Woodcock

Pronunciation: /ˈwʊdkɒk/

Pronunciation

/ˈwʊdkɒk/

Myanmar Meaning

စနိုက်ငှက် တစ်မျိုး။

Definition

woodcock /'wƱdkɒk/ n ( pl unchanged) [C] စႏိုက္ငွက္ တစ္မ်ဳိး။

Examples

  1. ‘The estate extends in all to some 5300 acres and offers some classic red and roe deer stalking
  2. woodcock shooting and excellent brown trout fishing on a number of hill lochs.’
  3. ‘The nightingale and woodcock have completely disappeared.’
  4. ‘Tapping around my rooted limbs and grounded chest
  5. a circus of quail
  6. woodcock
  7. and mallard perform.’
  8. ‘Feeding behaviour was most interesting
  9. the bird rocking its body rhythmically up and down like a woodcock and as if on springs.’
  10. ‘Thus
  11. he lists as noblest the meat of turtledoves
  12. starlings
  13. doves
  14. quails
  15. pheasants
  16. blackbirds
  17. partridge
  18. and chaffinch.’
  19. ‘Raymond has shot a pheasant and a woodcock
  20. tripling his one-grouse tally from the morning.’
  21. ‘On the one hand
  22. you have the uplands: home to the ruffed grouse and the woodcock
  23. the ringneck pheasant
  24. the bobwhite quail
  25. and just possibly sharptail grouse and Hungarian partridge
  26. too.’
  27. ‘Wild birds that might be acceptable alternatives for William include woodcock
  28. wood pigeon
  29. partridge and grouse.’
  30. ‘My parents had an American woodcock calling and displaying on their back lawn.’
  31. ‘A businessman used to controlling his investment portfolio has no control on the spring salmon run or the flight of the woodcock.’
  32. ‘No
  33. I'm bent over double thinking what my bag limit on woodcock
  34. snipe
  35. rails and other game birds would be.’
  36. ‘And this time of year
  37. there is tons of game: snipe
  38. hare
  39. pheasant.’
  40. ‘A traditional raffle with a dozen prizes such as brace of pheasant
  41. duck
  42. woodcock or rabbit
  43. was held to raise funds for new cages.’
  44. ‘And I was not wrong; wild boar
  45. stag
  46. chamois
  47. deer
  48. and other ‘trophy animals’ are all to be found in Bulgaria's rich and varied countryside
  49. along with birds such as partridge
  50. pheasant and quail.’
  51. ‘The woodlands behind the house provide the habitat for roe deer
  52. and pigeons which form the basis for a small rough shoot.’
  53. ‘Willow tit numbers have fallen 78 percent
  54. woodcock by 74 percent
  55. and song thrushes have more than halved.’
  56. ‘The principal game birds of Britain are grouse