SCOLOPACEOUS
\skˌɒləpˈe͡ɪʃəs], \skˌɒləpˈeɪʃəs], \s_k_ˌɒ_l_ə_p_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_s]\
Definitions of SCOLOPACEOUS
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skol-[=o]-p[=a]'shi-us, adj. resembling a snipe.--n.pl. SCOLOPAC'IDÆ, a family of wading-birds containing snipes, &c.--adjs. SCOL'OPACINE, SCOL'OPACOID.--n. SCOL'OPAX. [L. scolopax, a snipe.]
1908
- Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson
1919
- The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry
