"dabchick" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dabchicks [plural]
Etymology: From dab (“dive, dip, dabble”) + chick. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|dab|chick|t1=dive, dip, dabble}} dab (“dive, dip, dabble”) + chick Head templates: {{en-noun}} dabchick (plural dabchicks)
  1. A small grebe, little grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis). Categories (lifeform): Grebes Derived forms: New Zealand dabchick Translations (type of bird): κίγκλος (kínklos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), малък гмурец (malǎk gmurec) (Bulgarian), cabusset [masculine] (Catalan), pikku-uikku (Finnish), grèbe castagneux [masculine] (French), Zwergtaucher [masculine] (German), lapairín locha [masculine] (Irish), spágaire tonn [masculine] (Irish), tuffetto [masculine] (Italian), taihoropī (Maori), weweia (Maori), taratimoho (Maori), tokitoki (Maori), tokitokipia (Maori), tokitokipio (Maori), totokipia (Maori), totokipio (Maori), tongitongipia (Maori), totoipio (Maori), whirowhiro (Maori), perkozek [masculine] (Polish), perkozek zwyczajny [masculine] (Polish), ма́лая пога́нка (málaja pogánka) [feminine] (Russian), zampullín chico [masculine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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