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Jack snipe
The jack snipe (''Lymnocryptes minimus'') is a small stocky wader. It is the smallest snipe, and the only member of the genus ''Lymnocryptes''. Features such as its sternum make it quite distinct from other snipes or woodcocks.〔Thomas, Gavin H.; Wills, Matthew A.; and Székely, Tamás (2004): A supertree approach to shorebird phylogeny. ''BMC Evol. Biol.'' 4: 28. PMID 15329156 (PDF fulltext ) (Supplementary Material )〕
==Etymology==
The common name has been said to come from the Welsh word for a snipe, ''giach'' (pronounced with a hard ''g''),〔''(The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia )'', volume IV, p. 3211〕 but modern dictionaries say it comes from the masculine name Jack.〔''(Dictionary.com Unabridged )'' (based on the ''Random House Unabridged Dictionary'')〕〔''New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary'', p. 1434.〕 Alfred Newton hypothesized that, "It may be, as in Jackass, an indication of sex, for it is a popular belief that the Jack-Snipe is the male of the common species; or, again, it may refer to the comparatively small size of the bird, as the 'jack' in the game of bowls is the smallest of the balls used, and as fishermen call the smaller Pikes Jacks."〔
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