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dowitcher

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dow⋅itch⋅er

  [dou-ich-er]
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–noun
any of several long-billed, snipelike shore birds of North America and Asia, esp. Limnodromus griseus.
Origin:
1835–45, Americanism; perh. < N Iroquoian; cf. Mohawk tawístawis snipe
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dow·itch·er   (dou'ĭ-chər)   
n.  Either of two shore birds (Limnodromus griseus or L. scolopaceus) of northern regions, having brownish plumage and a long, straight bill.

[Perhaps from Mohawk tawístawis, snipe.]
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dowitcher

any of three species of shorebirds belonging to the genus Limnodromus, family Scolopacidae. The dowitcher has a chunky appearance and a long bill like a snipe and, in breeding plumage, has reddish underparts, giving rise to the alternative names red-breasted snipe and robin snipe (given also to the knot). It has a white rump and lower back.

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