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- noun Plural form of
woodcock .
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Examples
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Glade nets, which are nets stretched in narrow glades or ridings in woods from tree to tree, are used chiefly for taking night-flying birds, such as woodcocks, or wild ducks.
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Oz and Ends: “Seriously, Open Court, what is it with you and woodcocks?” skip to main | skip to sidebar
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Mr. Fausel explained that the market for dog paintings is particularly up for field sports and "gun dogs," i.e. animals that go after pheasants, ducks and woodcocks, but softer in the fox hunt, "because that is been banned in England."
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“Seriously, Open Court, what is it with you and woodcocks?”
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“Seriously, Open Court, what is it with you and woodcocks?”
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Finally, I want to acknowledge three neighbors simply for making my life here in Hancock, New Hampshire, that much birdier: Don and Lillian Stokes, authors of the famous field guides, have graciously spent time with me and Howard, watching and narrating the adventures of loons and woodcocks and trying valiantly, unsuccessfully to educate us sufficiently about bluebird nest boxes to prevent our field from turning into a wren slum.
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Explore the wonders of woodcocks, the busy world of honey bees, or the dynamism of barrier beach ecology.
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Explore the wonders of woodcocks, the busy world of honey bees, or the dynamism of barrier beach ecology.
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The word seems to come from the old practice of trapping woodcocks by setting a net within a wood along “cockeroades.”
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BTW-Cockers got their name from the type of hunting for which they were bred; flushing woodcocks.
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