Judcock

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jacksnipe \Jack"snipe`\, n. (Zool.)
     (a) A small European snipe ({Limnocryptes gallinula}); --
         called also {judcock}, {jedcock}, {juddock}, {jed}, and
         {half snipe}.
     (b) A small American sandpiper ({Tringa maculata}); -- called
         also {pectoral sandpiper}, and {grass snipe}.


         [1913 Webster]