jacksnipe Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a small short-billed Old World snipe
    half snipe; Limnocryptes minima.
  2. noun American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting
    Calidris melanotos; pectoral sandpiper.

WordNet

Jack"snipe` noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) (a) A small European snipe (Limnocryptes gallinula); -- called also judcock, jedcock, juddock, jed, and half snipe. (b) A small American sandpiper (Tringa maculata); -- called also pectoral sandpiper, and grass snipe.

Webster 1913