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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DAB'CHICK, n. [dab or dip and chick.] A small water-fowl.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: small European grebe [syn: dabchick, little grebe, Podiceps ruficollis]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: probably irregular from obsolete English dop to dive + English chick Date: circa 1550 any of several small grebes

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. = little grebe (see GREBE). Etymology: 16th c., in earlier forms dap-, dop-: perh. rel. to OE dufedoppa, DEEP, DIP

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Gallinule Gal"li*nule, n. [L. gallinula chicken, dim. of gallina hen: cf. F. gallinule.] (Zo["o]l.) One of several wading birds, having long, webless toes, and a frontal shield, belonging to the family Rallidae. They are remarkable for running rapidly over marshes and on floating plants. The purple gallinule of America is Ionornis Martinica, that of the Old World is Porphyrio porphyrio. The common European gallinule (Gallinula chloropus) is also called moor hen, water hen, water rail, moor coot, night bird, and erroneously dabchick. Closely related to it is the Florida gallinule (Gallinula galeata). Note: The purple gallinule of Southern Europe and Asia was formerly believed to be able to detect and report adultery, and for that reason, chiefly, it was commonly domesticated by the ancients.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Dabchick Dab"chick`, n. [For dabchick. See Dap, Dip, cf. Dipchick.] (Zo["o]l.) A small water bird (Podilymbus podiceps), allied to the grebes, remarkable for its quickness in diving; -- called also dapchick, dobchick, dipchick, didapper, dobber, devil-diver, hell-diver, and pied-billed grebe.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Didapper, dobchick, little grebe (Podiceps minor).