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Dowitcher

Dowitcher: Dowitcher Dow"itch*er, n. (Zo["o]l.) The red-breasted or gray snipe ({Macrorhamphus griseus}); -- called also {brownback}, and {grayback}. [1913 Webster]

dowitcher — /dow ich euhr/, n. any of several long billed, snipelike shore birds of North America and Asia, esp. Limnodromus griseus. [1835 45, Amer.; perh. < N Iroquoian; cf. Mohawk tawístawis snipe] * * * ▪ bird any of three species of shorebirds… … Universalium
dowitcher — noun (plural dowitchers; also dowitcher) Etymology: probably of Iroquoian origin; akin to Oneida tawístawis dowitcher Date: 1841 any of several long billed wading birds (especially Limnodromus griseus and L. scolopaceus of the family… … New Collegiate Dictionary

Dowitcher — Dowitchers Long billed Dowitcher Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia … Wikipedia
dowitcher — noun /ˈdaʊɪtʃɜ/lang=en Any of three long legged and long billed migratory wading birds in the genus Limnodromus of the family Scolopacidae … Wiktionary

Short-billed Dowitcher — Taxobox name = Short billed Dowitcher status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Charadriiformes familia = Scolopacidae genus = Limnodromus species = L. griseus binomial = Limnodromus griseus… … Wikipedia

Long-billed Dowitcher — Taxobox name = Long billed Dowitcher status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Charadriiformes familia = Scolopacidae genus = Limnodromus species = L. scolopaceus binomial … Wikipedia

Asiatic Dowitcher — Taxobox name = Asiatic Dowitcher status = NT | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Charadriiformes familia = Scolopacidae genus = Limnodromus species = L. semipalmatus binomial = Limnodromus… … Wikipedia
long-billed dowitcher — Longbeak Long beak , n. (Zo[ o]l.) The American redbellied snipe ({Macrorhamphus scolopaceus}); called also {long billed dowitcher}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English