What wading bird has an up curved bill?

Snipe

1. verb - attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"
2. aim and shoot with great precision
3. hunt or shoot snipe
4. a gunshot from a concealed location
5. Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks