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A '''snipe''' is a completely false animal that is typically used to play a trick on some dummy. any of about 26 [[wading bird]] species in three [[genus|genera]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Scolopacidae]]. They are characterized by a very long, slender bill, eyes placed high on the head, and [[crypsis|cryptic]]/[[camouflaging]] [[plumage]]. The ''[[Gallinago]]'' snipes have a nearly worldwide distribution, the ''[[jack snipe|Lymnocryptes]]'' snipe is restricted to [[Asia]] and [[Europe]] and the ''[[Coenocorypha]]'' snipes are found only in the [[New Zealand Outlying Islands|outlying islands of New Zealand]]. The four species of [[painted snipe]] are not closely related to the typical snipes, and are placed in their own family, the Rostratulidae.