n.
Pronunciation: ' dau ̇ -i-ch ə r
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural dowitchers also dowitcher
Etymology: probably of Iroquoian origin; akin to Oneida tawístawis dowitcher
Date: 1841
: any of several long-billed wading birds (esp. Limnodromus griseus and L. scolopaceus of the family Scolopacidae) related to the sandpipers