From formal English to slang. 2014.
Woodcock — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Charles Woodcock (1850–1923), Liebhaber des Königs Karl 1. von Württemberg George Woodcock (1912–1995), kanadischer Autor, Anarchist, Essayist und Literaturkritiker Harold Mellor Woodcock (18??–19??),… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Woodcock — Wood cock , n. [AS. wuducoc.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of several species of long billed limicoline birds belonging to the genera {Scolopax} and {Philohela}. They are mostly nocturnal in their habits, and are highly esteemed as game… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Woodcock — Borough de los Estados Unidos … Wikipedia Español
Woodcock — Woodcock, PA U.S. borough in Pennsylvania Population (2000): 146 Housing Units (2000): 57 Land area (2000): 0.561118 sq. miles (1.453290 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.561118 sq. miles… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Woodcock, PA — U.S. borough in Pennsylvania Population (2000): 146 Housing Units (2000): 57 Land area (2000): 0.561118 sq. miles (1.453290 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.561118 sq. miles (1.453290 sq. km)… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
woodcock — [wood′käk΄] n. pl. woodcocks or woodcock [ME wodekoc < OE wuducoc < wudu,WOOD1 + coc, a COCK1] 1. a migratory European shorebird (Scolopax rusticola) with short legs and a long bill, of the same family (Scolopacidae) as snipe: it is hunted… … English World dictionary
woodcock — O.E. wuducoc, from wudu wood (n.) + coc cock … Etymology dictionary
woodcock — ► NOUN (pl. same) ▪ a long billed woodland bird of the sandpiper family, with brown plumage … English terms dictionary
Woodcock — Taxobox name = Woodcock image width = 250px image caption = American Woodcock regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Charadriiformes familia = Scolopacidae genus = Scolopax genus authority = Linnaeus, 1758 subdivision ranks =… … Wikipedia
woodcock — /wood kok /, n., pl. woodcocks, (esp. collectively) woodcock for 1, 2. 1. either of two plump, short legged migratory game birds of variegated brown plumage, the Eurasian Scolopax rusticola and the smaller American Philohela minor. 2. any of… … Universalium
Woodcock — This interesting surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and has two possible sources. Firstly, the surname may be a nickname for a naive person, from the Middle English woodcock , a compound of the Olde English pre 7th Century wude , wood, and cocc ,… … Surnames reference
