dabchick
n. (Zoology) dobber, type of small grebe | ||||
Search Dictionary:
Dabchick definition was found in categories: Language, Idioms & Slang(3) Encyclopedia(1)
Dabchick Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Dabchick
(n.)
A small water bird (Podilymbus podiceps), allied to the grebes, remarkable for its quickness in diving; -- called also dapchick, dobchick, dipchick, didapper, dobber, devil-diver, hell-diver, and pied-billed grebe.
(n.)
A small water bird (Podilymbus podiceps), allied to the grebes, remarkable for its quickness in diving; -- called also dapchick, dobchick, dipchick, didapper, dobber, devil-diver, hell-diver, and pied-billed grebe.
| WordNet 2.0 |
dabchick
Noun
1. small European grebe
(synonym) little grebe, Podiceps ruficollis
(hypernym) grebe
Noun
1. small European grebe
(synonym) little grebe, Podiceps ruficollis
(hypernym) grebe
| hEnglish - advanced version |
dabchick
dabchick
see under gallinule
dabchick
\dab"chick`\ (dăb"ch&ibreve;k`), n. [for dabchick. see dap, dip, cf. dipchick.] (zo?l.) a small water bird (podilymbus podiceps), allied to the grebes, remarkable for its quickness in diving; -- called also dapchick, dobchick, dipchick, didapper, dobber, devil-diver, hell-diver, and pied-billed grebe.
dabchick
see under gallinule
dabchick
\dab"chick`\ (dăb"ch&ibreve;k`), n. [for dabchick. see dap, dip, cf. dipchick.] (zo?l.) a small water bird (podilymbus podiceps), allied to the grebes, remarkable for its quickness in diving; -- called also dapchick, dobchick, dipchick, didapper, dobber, devil-diver, hell-diver, and pied-billed grebe.
Dabchick Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries