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    DOWITCHER

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Shorebird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipeplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    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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