woodcock /ˈwʊd.kɒk/ noun2 •Any of several wading birds in the genus Scolopax, characterised by a long slender bill and cryptic brown and blackish plumage."[A]h, that was the woodcock and the goatsucker - yes, yes! it sounds strange to him, that hasn't heard him[.]" — 1886 •A simpleton.If I loved you not, I would laugh at you, and see you / Run your neck into the noose, and cry, "A woodcock!" — 1607 formswoodcocks
