DOWITCHER

dowitcher

(noun) shorebird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

dowitcher (plural dowitchers)

Any of three long-legged and long-billed migratory wading birds in the genus Limnodromus of the family Scolopacidae.

Source: Wiktionary


Dow"itch*er, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The red-breasted or gray snipe (Macrorhamphus griseus); -- called also brownback, and grayback.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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