Scolopax

noun

Scol·​o·​pax

: the type genus of Scolopacidae comprising the European woodcock and a few obscure East Indian birds but formerly including several other birds

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Late Latin, woodcock, snipe, from Greek

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