dabchick Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun small European grebe
    Podiceps ruficollis; little grebe.

WordNet

Dab"chick` noun
Etymology
For dabchick. See Dap, Dip, cf. Dipchick.
Definitions
  1. (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 1913