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dab⋅chick

  [dab-chik]
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–noun
any of various small grebes, esp. the little grebe.
Origin:
1565–75; earlier dapchick (see dap, chick ); cf. doppened moorhen (lit., dipping duck)
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dab·chick   (dāb'chĭk')   
n.  Any of various small grebes of the genus Podiceps.

[Alteration of dobchick : Middle English doppe, diving bird (from Old English -doppa; see didapper) + chick.]
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