| NOUN | animal | jacksnipe, half snipe, Limnocryptes minima | a small short-billed Old World snipe |
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| animal | jacksnipe, pectoral sandpiper, Calidris melanotos | American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting |
| Meaning | A small short-billed Old World snipe. | |
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| Synonyms | half snipe, Limnocryptes minima | |
| Member of | Limnocryptes, genus Limnocryptes | snipe |
| Broader | snipe | Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family |
| Meaning | American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting. | |
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| Synonyms | pectoral sandpiper, Calidris melanotos | |
| Member of | Calidris, genus Calidris | A genus of Scolopacidae |
| Broader | sandpiper | Any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call |
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