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- noun Alternative spelling of
painted snipe .
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reesetee commented on the word painted-snipe
A very small family of shorebirds that only superficially resemble typical snipes. They may be more related to jaçanas. The family is composed of only two species: the Greater Painted-Snipe and the South American Painted-Snipe.
January 10, 2008