| 释义 |
dow·itch·er
\ˈdau̇ə̇chə(r)\ noun
(plural dowitchers also dowitcher)
Etymology: of Iroquoian origin; akin to Mohawk & Cayuga tawis dowitcher, Onondaga tawish
: a long-billed snipe (Limnodromus griseus) that is intermediate in characters between the typical snipes (genus Capella) and the sandpipers and that breeds in northern No. America and winters largely in Central America or So. America — called also brownback, grayback, red-breasted snipe |