Dabchick \Dab"chick`\ (d[a^]b"ch[i^]k`), n. [For dabchick. See
{Dap}, {Dip}, cf. {Dipchick}.] (Zool.)
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}.
[1913 Webster]
Devil-diver \Dev"il-div`er\, Devil bird \Dev"il bird`\, n..
(Zool.)
A small water bird. See {Dabchick}.
[1913 Webster]