snipe

Norwegian Nynorsk

/²sniːpə/

noun-f2
Definitions
  • any of various birds of the family Scolopacidae (Scolopacidae), the snipes and sandpipers

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse mýrisnípa.

Origin

Old Norse

mýrisnípa

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