DOWITCHER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dowitcher mean? 

• DOWITCHER (noun)
  The noun DOWITCHER has 1 sense:

1. shorebird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe

  Familiarity information: DOWITCHER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOWITCHER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Shorebird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe

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)