'Woodcock' definitions:
Definition of 'woodcock'
From: WordNet
noun
Game bird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe
Definition of 'Woodcock'
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]
Definition of 'woodcock'
From: GCIDE
- Pileate \Pi"le*ate\, Pileated \Pi"le*a`ted\, a. [L. pileatus, fr. pileus a felt cap or hat.]
- 1. Having the form of a cap for the head. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) Having a crest covering the pileus, or whole top of the head. [1913 Webster]
- Pileated woodpecker (Zool.), a large American woodpecker (Ceophloeus pileatus). It is black, with a bright red pointed crest. Called also logcock, and woodcock. [1913 Webster]
Woodcock, PA -- U.S. borough in Pennsylvania
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Woodcock, PA -- U.S. borough in Pennsylvania
Population (2000) :
146
Housing Units (2000) :
57
Land area (2000) :
0.561118 sq. miles (1.453290 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.561118 sq. miles (1.453290 sq. km)
FIPS code :
86160
Located within :
Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location :
41.754726 N, 80.084569 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.