Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name of the woodcock of North America, Philohela minor.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The American woodcock; -- so called from its feeding among the bogs.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
American woodcock .
Etymologies
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bog + sucker, from its habit of feeding among bogs.
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reesetee commented on the word bogsucker
Obsolete name for the American woodcock. See also: timberdoodle.
December 7, 2007
bilby commented on the word bogsucker
You've got to be kidding.
December 7, 2007
reesetee commented on the word bogsucker
I kid you not. Woodcocks feed in boggy (swampy) areas.
December 7, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word bogsucker
Bilby, I thought the same thing when I saw ... that other bird name! It sounds like one of those trucks that comes to service the portable toilets, doesn't it?! Bog-pumper, that's it. (Hooray for short-term memory.)
Ick! Poor birdies...
December 8, 2007
reesetee commented on the word bogsucker
Hey, I'm not making these up! (Someone else did.)
December 9, 2007