Dabchick

And of the Grebes, therefore, only the one commonly known as the Dabchick, the 'Little Grebe,' 'Colymbus Minutus' (Minute Diver), of Linnæus.

Love's Meinie Three Lectures on Greek and English Birds John Ruskin 1859

Stenning had been abroad since he came back, to Greece and then to Rotterdam-a series of business trips mainly in connection with the marketing and foreign manufacture of the little Dabchick flying boat.

Movie Night 2010

It is related to the Dutch word “dodaars” (referring to the feathers on its buttocks) the name of the little Grebe or Dabchick in the Dutch language.

The Dodo Blog 2006

Lieutenant Dabchick came with us in command, as soon as she was fully manned and armed, an ammunition-chest being lowered down with a supply of ` pills and pepper 'for the little nine-pounder boat-gun we carried in our bows; when, we sheered away from the ship's side and lay on our oars, and the second cutter hauled up alongside to receive her crew and equipment like ourselves.

Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy John B. [Illustrator] Greene

-- Dabchick, as it is commonly called, swims in the Itchen and in Fisher's Pond (on Colden Common), dipping down suddenly without a trace of the least alarm.

John Keble's Parishes Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

Dabchick, if I were you; but, you must exercise your own judgment when the time comes! "

Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy John B. [Illustrator] Greene

Our familiar Pied-billed Grebe or Dabchick disappears so suddenly, that 'Water Witch' is one of its common names. "

Citizen Bird Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners Elliott Coues 1870