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DABCHICK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dabchick mean? 

DABCHICK (noun)
  The noun DABCHICK has 1 sense:

1. small European grebeplay

  Familiarity information: DABCHICK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DABCHICK (noun)


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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