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DABCHICK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dabchick mean?
• DABCHICK (noun)
The noun DABCHICK has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: DABCHICK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small European grebe
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
dabchick; little grebe; Podiceps ruficollis
Hypernyms ("dabchick" is a kind of...):
grebe (small compact-bodied almost completely aquatic bird that builds floating nests; similar to loons but smaller and with lobate rather than webbed feet)
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