dowitcher

Other forms: dowitchers

Definitions of dowitcher
  1. noun
    shorebird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe
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    types:
    Limnodromus griseus, grayback, greyback
    a dowitcher with a grey back
    Limnodromus scolopaceus, red-breasted snipe
    a dowitcher with a red breast
    type of:
    snipe
    Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks
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