Definition of Dabcheck
Dab"chick` (dăb"ch&ibreve;k`),
n. [For dabchick. See Dap,
Dip, cf. Dipchick.] (Zoöl.) 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's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A small grebe, Tachybaptus ruficollis, native to Europe, Africa and Asia.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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