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. [1913 Webster]
Fig.: A simpleton. [1913 Webster]
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. --