OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 30122

woodcock

/ˈwʊd.kɒk/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
chocha • chochaperdiz
Any of several wading birds in the genus Scolopax, characterised by a long slender bill and cryptic brown and blackish plumage.
"[A]h, that was the woodcock and the goatsucker - yes, yes! it sounds strange to him, that hasn't heard him[.]"
The woodcook is not only a culinary delight but it is reputed to increase seminal fluid.
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