dowitcher

American  

[dou-ich-er] / ˈdaʊ ɪtʃ ər /

noun

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

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dowitcher British  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of dowitcher

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

Example Sentences

Adults and larvae of these flies have been found in the stomachs of the dowitcher, the pectoral sandpiper, the hudsonian godwit, and the killdeer.

From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by Hornaday, William Temple

Other shorebirds that eat leaf-beetles are the Wilson phalarope and dowitcher.

From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by Hornaday, William Temple

Common tern, knot, American white pelican, Hudsonian godwit, trumpeter swan, long-billed curlew, snowy heron, Hudsonian curlew, American avocet, prairie sharp-tailed grouse, dowitcher, passenger pigeon.

From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by Hornaday, William Temple

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

From Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast by Payne, Harry Thom

Wisconsin: Double-crested cormorant, upland plover, white pelican, long-billed curlew, lesser snow goose, Hudsonian curlew, sandhill crane, golden plover, woodcock, dowitcher and long-billed duck; spruce grouse, knot, prairie sharp-tailed grouse, marbled godwit and bald eagle.

From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by Hornaday, William Temple