dabchick

[ dab-chik ]

/ ˈdæbˌtʃɪk /

any of various small grebes, especially the little grebe.

Origin of dabchick

1565–75; earlier dapchick (see dap, chick); compare doppened moorhen (literally, dipping duck)

dabba, dabber, dabbing, dabble, dabbling duck, dabchick, dabster, daca, dacarbazine, dacca, dace

The Dabchick, as this bird is called, is the most evenly distributed bird of this family.

The Bird Book |Chester A. Reed
The little grebe or dabchick (Podiceps albipennis) is another species that lays in July or August.

A Bird Calendar for Northern India |Douglas Dewar
The larger birds are the wood-pigeon, moorhen, dabchick, and to these the carrion crow may now be added as a breeding species.

Birds in London |W. H. Hudson
The dabchick is a small bird—rather smaller than a pigeon—and has no erectile ornaments.

Birds in Flight |W. P. Pycraft

If the kingfisher can find a living and abundant fish in our rivers and brooks, why does the dabchick migrate?

The Naturalist on the Thames |C. J. Cornish

dabchick

/ (ˈdæbˌtʃɪk) /

any of several small grebes of the genera Podiceps and Podilymbus, such as Podiceps ruficollis of the Old World

C16: probably from Old English dop to dive + chick; see deep, dip