woodcock

Example Sentences

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New Yorkers can’t get enough of the strutting woodcock.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

"A lot of birds probably can't do it because they don't have these lower reproductive costs that woodcock have evolved to do," he said.

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2024

They concluded the woodcock gets its brilliance from the microscopic structure of tiny barbs arranged in parallel like window blinds, increasing the feathers’ reflective surface area.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 21, 2022

We startle a chunky little woodcock that's sheltering in the long grass and it twitters its indignation shrilly.

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2020

The consequences of the sublethal poisoning of the woodcock are now seen in a marked decline in the proportion of young birds to adults, first observed in the season after fire ant treatments began.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson