dowitcher
/ˈdaʊɪtʃə(r)/noun
1- a wading bird of the sandpiper family, with a long straight bill, breeding in arctic and subarctic North America and east Asia半蹼鹬。
1.1
- Genus Limnodromus, family Scolopacidae: three species, in particular the short-billed dowitcher (L. griseus) and the long-billed dowitcher (L. scolopaceus).半蹼鹬属, 鹬科：3种, 尤指短嘴半蹼鹬（拉丁名L.griseus）和长嘴半蹼鹬（拉丁名L. scolopaceus）。
词源
mid 19th cent.: from Iroquoian.