From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Pileate \Pi"le*ate\, Pileated \Pi"le*a`ted\, a. [L. pileatus,
fr. pileus a felt cap or hat.]
1. Having the form of a cap for the head.
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2. (Zool.) Having a crest covering the pileus, or whole top
of the head.
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{Pileated woodpecker} (Zool.), a large American woodpecker
({Ceophloeus pileatus}). It is black, with a bright red
pointed crest. Called also {logcock}, and {woodcock}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Woodcock \Wood"cock`\, n. [AS. wuducoc.]
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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.
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Note: The most important species are the European ({Scolopax
rusticola}) and the American woodcock ({Philohela
minor}), which agree very closely in appearance and
habits.
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2. Fig.: A simpleton. [Obs.]
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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.
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{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}.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
woodcock
n 1: game bird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe
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