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dowitcher
(dow|itcher)
Pronunciation:
/ˈdaʊɪtʃə/
noun
a wading bird of the sandpiper family, with a long straight bill, breeding in arctic and subarctic North America and eastern Asia.
Genus
Limnodromus
, family
Scolopacidae
: three species
Origin:
mid 19th century
: from Iroquoian
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