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Webster 1913 Edition

Dabchick

Dab′chickˊ

(dăb′chĭkˊ)
,
Noun.
[For
dabchick
. See
Dap
,
Dip
, cf.
Dipchick
.]
(Zool.)
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
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dabchick

DAB'CHICK

,
Noun.
[dab or dip and chick.] A small water-fowl.

Definition 2024

dabchick

dabchick

English

Noun

dabchick ‎(plural dabchicks)

  1. (Britain) Popular name for the little grebe.

Derived terms

  • New Zealand dabchick

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