(BIRD) [noun] [C] [plural] snipe or snipes - a bird with a long straight beak which lives near rivers and marshes (= low land that is wet and sometimes flooded)The 11 000-acre estate on the Isle of Lewis offers grouse and snipe shooting and trout fishing.
SNIPE
Meaning of SNIPE in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012