woodcock

Example Sentences

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New Yorkers can’t get enough of the strutting woodcock.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

Another evolutionary driver of itinerant breeding in woodcock could be predation.

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2024

A bird conservation charity said it had been locked out of its Twitter account for eight days after posting several tweets about woodcock.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2023

They concluded the woodcock gets its brilliance from the microscopic structure of tiny barbs arranged in parallel like window blinds, increasing the feathers’ reflective surface area.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 21, 2022

For dinner we had a woodcock with souffle potatoes and puree de marron, a salad, and zabaione for dessert.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway