'Philohela minor' definitions:

Definition of 'Philohela minor'

noun

Small long-billed woodcock; prized as a game bird [syn: American woodcock, woodcock snipe, Philohela minor]

From: GCIDE

Woodcock \Wood"cock`\, n. [AS. wuducoc.] [1913 Webster]
1. (Zool.) Any one of several species of long-billed limicoline birds belonging to the genera Scolopax and Philohela. They are mostly nocturnal in their habits, and are highly esteemed as game birds. [1913 Webster]
Note: The most important species are the European ({Scolopax rusticola}) and the American woodcock ({Philohela minor}), which agree very closely in appearance and habits. [1913 Webster]
2. Fig.: A simpleton. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
If I loved you not, I would laugh at you, and see you Run your neck into the noose, and cry, "A woodcock!" --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
Little woodcock. (a) The common American snipe. (b) The European snipe.
Sea woodcock fish, the bellows fish.
Woodcock owl, the short-eared owl (Asio brachyotus).
Woodcock shell, the shell of certain mollusks of the genus Murex, having a very long canal, with or without spines.
Woodcock snipe. See under Snipe. [1913 Webster]