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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
pileate \pi"leate\, pileated \pi"lea`ted\, a. l. pileatus,
   fr. pileus a felt cap or hat.
   1. having the form of a cap for the head.
      1913 webster

   2. zool. having a crest covering the pileus, or whole top
      of the head.
      1913 webster

   pileated woodpecker zool., a large american woodpecker
      ceophloeus pileatus. it is black, with a bright red
      pointed crest. called also logcock, and woodcock.
      1913 webster
see also:
pileated woodpecker ceophloeus pileatus logcock woodcock 
[2] : 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 
[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
woodcock
     n : game bird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe

[4] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
woodcock, pa borough, fips 86160
  location: 41.75360 n, 80.08431 w
  population 1990: 148 56 housing units
  area: 1.5 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water

[5] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
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
   fips code:            86160
   located within:       pennsylvania pa, fips 42
   location:             41.754726 n, 80.084569 w
   zip codes 1990:    
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    woodcock, pa
    woodcock



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