单词 | dowitcher |
释义 | dowitcher[ dou-ich-er ] / ˈdaʊ ɪtʃ ər / nounany of several long-billed, snipelike shore birds of North America and Asia, especially Limnodromus griseus. Origin of dowitcher1835–45, Americanism; perhaps < N Iroquoian; compare Mohawk tawístawis snipe Words nearby dowitcherdower, dower chest, dower house, dowf, dowie, dowitcher, do with, do without, Dow Jones Average, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Dowland Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for dowitcherBritish Dictionary definitions for dowitcherdowitcher / (ˈdaʊɪtʃə) / nouneither of two snipelike shore birds, Limnodromus griseus or L. scolopaceus, of arctic and subarctic North America: family Scolopacidae (sandpipers, etc), order Charadriiformes Word Origin for dowitcherC19: of Iroquoian origin Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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