Home › Words › S › shadbirdshadbirdshadbird means the American snipe; Wilson's snipe (Gallinago delicata).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, shadbird ranks #2,165 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom shad + bird, since it appears at the same time as the shad (a fish).nounThe American snipe; Wilson's snipe (Gallinago delicata).The common snipe or European sandpiper (Gallinago gallinago).Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.seedsnipe 66% match — Any of four species of herbivorous wading birds in the family Thinocoridae, endemic to South America. vs shadbird →timberdoodle 65% match — The American woodcock (Scolopax minor) vs shadbird →snipey 62% match — Full of or attractive to snipe. vs shadbird →snipefish 61% match — Either of the two species of fish of the genus Macroramphosus. vs shadbird →brownback 61% match — A bird, the dowitcher or red-breasted snipe. vs shadbird →snipelike 60% match — Resembling or characteristic of a snipe (the bird). vs shadbird →jacksnipe 60% match — Any of species Lymnocryptes minimus of migratory small stocky waders, the smallest of the snipes. vs shadbird →sharptail 59% match — The pintail duck. vs shadbird →