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dow·itch·er (dou

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

[Perhaps from Mohawk tawístawis, snipe.]

dowitcher [ˈdaʊɪtʃə]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) either of two snipelike shore birds, Limnodromus griseus or L. scolopaceus, of arctic and subarctic North America: family Scolopacidae (sandpipers, etc.), order Charadriiformes

[of Iroquoian origin]

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dowitcher - shorebird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe

snipe - Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks

genus Limnodromus, Limnodromus - dowitchers

grayback, Limnodromus griseus, greyback - a dowitcher with a grey back

Limnodromus scolopaceus, red-breasted snipe - a dowitcher with a red breast

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Actitis Brownback family Scolopacidae genus Limnocryptes genus Limnodromus genus Scolopax Gray snipe Grayback greyback Limnocryptes Limnodromus Limnodromus griseus Limnodromus scolopaceus Longbeak Quail snipe red-breasted snipe Robin snipe Scolopacidae Scolopax			Look for whimbrel, long-billed curlew, black-bellied plover, Pacific golden plover, greater yellowlegs, ruddy turnstone or long- and short-billed dowitcher - species that are many times seen only at this time of year for a period of a few weeks. OUTDOORS BRIEFLY by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) Over the years I've enjoyed king eiders, black stork and short-billed dowitcher along this coast, which is often overlooked as people rush to Scotland's birding crown jewels in Speyside. country matters by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) The north central coast of Brazil is the most important wintering area in South America for roseate spoonbills, black-bellied plovers, ruddy turnstones, whimbrels, and willets, and is also critical fez sanderlings, semipalmated sandpipers, short-billed dowitchers, and red knots. Mangrove Action Project: shrimp farms not for the birds by Quarto, Alfredo / Earth Island Journal			short scope buoy Short sea short selling short shrift short sight short sleep short sleeve short story short straw short subject Short suit short supply short takeoff and landing short takeoff and vertical landing aircraft short temper short term short time short title short ton short wave short whist Short's aster short-acting short-beaked short-billed Short-billed Dowitcher short-billed marsh wren short-bodied Short-breathed short-change short-circuit short-dated short-day short-day plant short-eared short-grass short-haired short-handed short-handled short-haul short-headed short-horned grasshopper Short-jointed short-leaf pine short-list short-lived short-nosed short-order short-order cook short-range short-range air defense engagement zone			Short Wheel Base short whist Short Wing Piper Club short with Short Within Memory Cell short word short working plaster Short's aster Short's Brewing Company Short, Bobby Short, Walter Campbell short- pointing short-acting short-acting Short-Acting Bronchodilator short-acting insulin short-acting insulin short-acting insulin Short-Acting Neuronal Refractivity Short-Action Magnum Short-and-Long-arm short-arm cast short-baseline system Short-beaked Short-beaked common dolphin Short-beaked common dolphin Short-beaked Echidna Short-beaked Echidna Short-billed Short-billed Dowitcher short-billed dowitchers short-billed dowitchers short-billed marsh wren short-bodied short-bowel syndrome short-bowel syndrome short-bowel syndrome Short-breathed Short-Burst Oxygen Therapy Short-Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Short-Chain Enoyl-CoA short-chain fatty acids Short-Chain L-Carnitine Esters Short-Chain-Acyl-CoA short-change short-change short-changes short-changing short-circuit short-circuit Short-Circuit Analysis Short-Circuit Current Rating short-circuit impedance Short-Circuit Protection short-circuit transition short-circuited short-circuited Short-Circuited Stub Inductor short-circuiting short-circuiting

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