bécasse des bois — meaning in English
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English meaning
- woodcock noun A plump wading bird with a long, slender bill and mottled brown feathers, found in woodland and marshes.
Senses
bécasse des bois is used for these senses in English:
- Eurasian woodcock A medium-small wading bird, (Scolopax rusticola)
- woodcock Any of several wading birds in the genus Scolopax, characterised by a long slender bill and cryptic brown and blackish plumage.