1. (Zoology) dobber, type of small grebe. dabchicksee under gallinuledabchick \dab"chick`\ (dăb"ch&ibreve;k`), n. [for dabchick. see: dap, dip, cf. dipchick.] (zo?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. 2. A small water bird , 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. small European grebe.
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