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  1. bogsucker love

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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A name of the woodcock of North America, Philohela minor.

Wiktionary

  1. n. The American woodcock.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Zoöl.) The American woodcock; -- so called from its feeding among the bogs.

Etymologies

  1. bog +‎ sucker, from its habit of feeding among bogs. (Wiktionary)

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  • reesetee Hey, I'm not making these up! (Someone else did.) Dec 8, 2007

  • chained_bear Bilby, I thought the same thing when I saw ... that other bird name! It sounds like one of those trucks that comes to service the portable toilets, doesn't it?! Bog-pumper, that's it. (Hooray for short-term memory.)

    Ick! Poor birdies... Dec 8, 2007

  • reesetee I kid you not. Woodcocks feed in boggy (swampy) areas. Dec 6, 2007

  • bilby You've got to be kidding. Dec 6, 2007

  • reesetee Obsolete name for the American woodcock. See also: timberdoodle. Dec 6, 2007

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