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DOWITCHER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shorebird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("dowitcher" is a kind of...):
snipe (Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dowitcher"):
grayback; greyback; Limnodromus griseus (a dowitcher with a grey back)
Limnodromus scolopaceus; red-breasted snipe (a dowitcher with a red breast)
Holonyms ("dowitcher" is a member of...):
genus Limnodromus; Limnodromus (dowitchers)
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