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Definition of Dowitchers
1. dowitcher [n] - See also: dowitcher
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dowitchers
Literary usage of Dowitchers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1920)
"The two Long-billed dowitchers under consideration had likely been associated
with members of their own kind immediately before the migration which brought ..."
2. Birds of California: An Introduction to More Than Three Hundred Common Birds by Irene Grosvenor Wheelock (1903)
"IN California, the Long-billed dowitchers occur only in the winter, when cold drives
... When resting, the dowitchers huddle together in the tall grass, ..."
3. The Birds of Ohio: A Complete Scientific and Popular Description of the 320 by William Leon Dawson, Lynds Jones (1902)
"The dowitchers pass north rapidly in spring, as those who have important business
in hand; but they reappear with their young in July or August, ..."
4. New England Bird Life: Being a Manual of New England Ornithology by Winfrid Alden Stearns, Elliott Coues (1883)
"Mr. Lane, with whom I was staying, says that for the past three years he has seen
these birds in company with the dowitchers, and they seem to be increasing ..."
5. A Preliminary Catalog of the Birds of Missouri by Otto Widmann (1907)
"Twenty years ago dowitchers were fairly, though irregularly, common transient
visitants in all suitable localities of Missouri. They migrated in nocks, ..."
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