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Jack snipe or jacksnipe (Rẽ giun nhỏ, Lymnocryptes minimus)

The jack snipe or jacksnipe (Lymnocryptes minimus) is a small wader of the family Scolopacidae.

The term Charadriiformes comes from New Latin, combining the Greek word kharadrios ("a bird of river valleys" or "a bird of ravines") and the Latin suffix -formes meaning "forms" or "shaped like". Therefore, Charadriiformes translates to "birds shaped like or resembling the charadrius," which is a type of plover or stone curlew historically found in dry river beds or ravines. 

The word Scolopacidae is New Latin, derived from the genus name Scolopax (Latin for "snipe" or "woodcock") and the common zoological suffix for family names, -idae.

The genus name Lymnocryptes is from Ancient Greek limne, "marsh" and kruptos, "hidden". 
The species name minimus is from Latin and means "smallest".

Lymnocryptes is a genus of birds in the wader family Scolopacidae, containing only one species: Lymnocryptes minimus.

1/ Jack snipe or jacksnipe (Rẽ giun nhỏ, Lymnocryptes minimus)
The genus name Lymnocryptes is from Ancient Greek limne, "marsh" and kruptos, "hidden". The species name minimus is from Latin and means "smallest".