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Webster 1913 Edition
Shadbird
Shad′birdˊ
(shăd′bẽrd)
, Noun.
(Zool.)
(a)
The American, or Wilson’s, snipe. See under
Snipe
. So called because it appears at the same time as the shad. (b)
The common European sandpiper.
[Prov. Eng.]