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dowitcher

Pronunciation: /ˈdaʊɪtʃə/
Definition of dowitcher

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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