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seed-snipe
or ²õ±ð±ð»å·²õ²Ô¾±±è±ð
[ seed-snahyp ]
noun
- any of several South American birds of the family Thinocoridae, related to the shorebirds but superficially resembling quail.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of seed-snipe1
First recorded in 1885–90
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Example Sentences
When alighting the Seed-Snipe drops its body directly upon the ground and sits close like a Goatsucker; when rising it rushes suddenly away with the wild hurried flight and sharp scraping alarm-cry of a Snipe.
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Dr. Burmeister met with examples of this Seed-Snipe, which is easily distinguishable from the preceding species by its larger size, in the high valleys of the Sierra of Uspallata, at an elevation of about 6000 feet above the sea-level.
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