(Encyclopedia) snipe, common name for a shore bird of the family Scolopacidae (sandpiper family), native to the Old and New Worlds. The common, or Wilson's snipe (Capella gallinago), also called…
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NumberPercentTotal housing units18,677100.0UNITS IN STRUCTURE1-unit, detached11,52261.71-unit, attached6663.62 units2,25112.13 or 4 units1,4047.55 to 9 units1,1816.310 to 19 units3351.820 or…
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