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jack-snipe 
n. any of several shore birds, as the pectoral sandpiper, Pisobia maculata, and, especially, Wilson's snipe, Capella delicata.
- 1795 (1911) Jack Snipes . . . visit Hudson's Bay in Summer in considerable numbers.
- 1910 I shot at a jack-snipe in the sleugh to-day, but I missed him.
- 1928 Wilson's Snipe. Jack Snipe . . . Gallinago delicata.
- 1940 Jacksnipe move through their haunts . . . always as solitary birds. . . .
- 1956 Almost any shore bird may be called a snipe or jacksnipe.
- 1795 (1911) Jack Snipes . . . visit Hudson's Bay in Summer in considerable numbers.