snipe \snipe\, n. oe. snipe; akin to d. snep, snip, lg. sneppe,
   snippe, g. schnepfe, icel. snimacpa in comp., dan.
   sneppe, sw. snaumppa a sanpiper, and possibly to e. snap.
   see snap, snaffle.
   1. zool. any one of numerous species of limicoline game
      birds of the family scolopacidae, having a long,
      slender, nearly straight beak.
      1913 webster

   note: the common, or whole, snipe gallinago coelestis
         and the great, or double, snipe gallinago major,
         are the most important european species. the wilson's
         snipe gallinago delicata sometimes erroneously
         called english snipe and the gray snipe, or
         dowitcher macrohamphus griseus, are well-known
         american species.
         1913 webster

   2. a fool; a blockhead. r. --shak.
      1913 webster

   half snipe, the dunlin; the jacksnipe.

   jack snipe. see jacksnipe.

   quail snipe. see under quail.

   robin snipe, the knot.

   sea snipe. see in the vocabulary.

   shore snipe, any sandpiper.

   snipe hawk, the marsh harrier. prov. eng.

   stone snipe, the tattler.

   summer snipe, the dunlin; the green and the common european
      sandpipers.

   winter snipe. see rock snipe, under rock.

   woodcock snipe, the great snipe.
      1913 webster
see also:
snap snaffle scolopacidae gallinago coelestis gallinago major gallinago delicata 
english snipe macrohamphus griseus half snipe jack snipe jacksnipe 
quail snipe quail robin snipe sea snipe shore snipe 
snipe hawk stone snipe summer snipe winter snipe rock snipe 
rock woodcock snipe