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dab chick
dab·chick
/
ˈdæbˌtʃɪk
/
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dab
-chik
]
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noun
any of various small grebes, especially the little grebe.
Origin:
1565–75;
earlier
dapchick
(see
dap
,
chick
); compare
doppened
moorhen (literally, dipping duck)
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dabchick
(ˈdæbˌtʃɪk)
—
n
any of several small grebes of the genera
Podiceps
and
Podilymbus,
such as
Podiceps ruficollis
of the Old World
[C16: probably from Old English
dop
to dive +
chick
; see
deep
,
dip
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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