Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An old book-name of the European woodcock, now called
Scolopax rusticola , or S. rusticula. - noun [capitalized] A genus of Scolopacidæ, containing only the rusticola: synonymous with Scolopax in the strictest sense.
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Examples
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In conclusion mention must be made of the woodcock (_Scolopax rusticola_).
Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916
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This is the case with the laurel pigeon (Columba junoniae) and the Eurasian woodcock (Scolopax rusticola).
innovations-report 2010
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(scolopax rusticola); wood snipe (scolopax fedoa); waterhen (alea arctica? vel fulica ehloropus?) quail
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Columba junoniae) and the Eurasian woodcock (Scolopax rusticola
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