dowitcher

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Also among the possibles are long-billed dowitcher (5) and whimbrel (on which see the near misses below) as well as perhaps some of the smaller peeps carried in flocks of migrating semi-palms, pec and least sandpipers.

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  1. noun Either of two shore birds (Limnodromus griseus or L. scolopaceus) of northern regions, having brownish plumage and a long, straight bill.

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  1. Perhaps from Mohawk tawístawis, snipe.

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  1. A corruption of German deutsch, German (or D. duitsch, Dutch), deutscher, a German: see Dutch.
 

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/ˈdaʊɪtʃər/
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