Dowitcher

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dowitcher \Dow"itch*er\, n. (Zool.)
     The red-breasted or gray snipe ({Macrorhamphus griseus}); --
     called also {brownback}, and {grayback}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  dowitcher
       n : shorebird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe