woodcock
Example Sentences
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New Yorkers can’t get enough of the strutting woodcock.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026
"There are many records of woodcock males singing along their migration routes, which has always been a mystery because it's energetically expensive," said Slezak.
From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2024
A bird conservation charity said it had been locked out of its Twitter account for eight days after posting several tweets about woodcock.
From BBC • Jan. 31, 2023
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
With one swing he tossed a brace of woodcock in the corner.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
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