See Also: dowitcher(medicine)
dowitcher(dictionary)

dowitcher (iou)



dowitcher noun. M19.
[Iroquoian: cf. Mohawk tawistawis snipe.]
Either of two wading birds of the genus Limnodromus (family Scolopacidae), related to the sandpiper and breeding in Arctic and subarctic regions, L. griseus or L. scolopaceus, the short- and long-billed dowitchers of N. America.