dowitcher

[ dou-ich-er ]

noun

1. any of several long-billed, snipelike shore birds of North America and Asia, especially Limnodromus griseus.

dowitcher

/ ˈdaʊɪtʃə /

noun

1. either of two snipelike shore birds, Limnodromus griseus or L. scolopaceus, of arctic and subarctic North America: family Scolopacidae (sandpipers, etc), order Charadriiformes

Word History and Origins

Origin of dowitcher¹

1835–45, Americanism; perhaps < N Iroquoian; compare Mohawk tawístawis snipe

Word History and Origins

Origin of dowitcher¹

C19: of Iroquoian origin

Example Sentences

This species of the dowitcher is a western bird, breeding well to the north and migrating south to Mexico.

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Though not of the same genus, the closet relative to the Wilson snipe is the dowitcher or red-breasted snipe.

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It might be confused with the dowitcher, but the flight, notes, and usual haunts of the latter are different.

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Evidently the dowitcher does not breed in any numbers, on the eastern coast of Ungava.

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Although all shore birds can swim, the dowitcher seems to be especially adept at it.

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