ˈdau̇ə̇chə(r) noun
( plural dowitchers also dowitcher )
Etymology: of Iroquoian origin; akin to Mohawk & Cayuga tawis dowitcher, Onondaga tawish
: a long-billed snipe ( Limnodromus griseus ) that is intermediate in characters between the typical snipes (genus Capella ) and the sandpipers and that breeds in northern No. America and winters largely in Central America or So. America — called also brownback, grayback, red-breasted snipe