Word

snipe, n.
(snipes)

a gunshot from a concealed location
<noun.act>

snipe

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

gunfire, gunshot

Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks
<noun.animal>

snipe

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

shorebird, shore bird, limicoline bird

member holonym

hyponym

whole snipe, Gallinago gallinago Wilson's snipe, Gallinago gallinago delicata great snipe, woodcock snipe, Gallinago media jacksnipe, half snipe, Limnocryptes minima dowitcher