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7 words match “DOWITCHER”

DOWITCHER n.
The red-breasted or gray snipe (Macrorhamphus griseus); -- called also brownback, and grayback.
BROWNBACK n.
The dowitcher or red-breasted snipe. See Dowitcher.
GRAY a.
snapper (Zoöl.), a Florida fish; the sea lawyer. See Snapper. -- Gray snipe (Zoöl.), the dowitcher in winter plumage. -- Gray whale (Zoöl.), a rather large and swift California whale (Rhachianectes glaucus), formerly taken in large numbers in the bays; -- called also grayback, devilfish, and hardhead.…
GRAYBACK n.
The dowitcher.
LONGBEAK n.
The American redbellied snipe (Macrorhamphus scolopaceus); -- called also long-billed dowitcher.
QUAIL n.
idea Novæ-Hollandiæ). -- Quail pipe. See Quail call, above. -- Quail snipe (Zoöl.), the dowitcher, or red-breasted snipe; -- called also robin snipe, and brown snipe. -- Sea quail (Zoöl.), the turnstone. [Local, U. S.]
ROBIN n.
robin. (c) The American bluebird. -- Robin snipe. (Zoöl.) (a) The red-breasted snipe, or dowitcher.