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

woodcock \wood"cock`\, n. as. wuducoc.
   1913 webster
   1. zool. 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 birds.
      1913 webster

   note: the most important species are the european scolopax
         rusticola and the american woodcock philohela
         minor, which agree very closely in appearance and
         habits.
         1913 webster

   2. fig.: a simpleton. obs.
      1913 webster

            if i loved you not, i would laugh at you, and see
            you
            run your neck into the noose, and cry, "a woodcock"
                                                  --beau.  fl.
      1913 webster

   little woodcock.
      a the common american snipe.
      b the european snipe.

   sea woodcock fish, the bellows fish.

   woodcock owl, the short-eared owl asio brachyotus.

   woodcock shell, the shell of certain mollusks of the genus
      murex, having a very long canal, with or without spines.
      

   woodcock snipe. see under snipe.
      1913 webster
see also:
scolopax philohela scolopax rusticola philohela minor little woodcock sea woodcock fish 
woodcock owl asio brachyotus woodcock shell murex woodcock snipe 
snipe 

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