DABCHICK

dabchick. Dabchick, n. a very young chicken, a waterfowl

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Dab″chick′ (dăb″chĭk′), 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.