dowitcher

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

dowitcher
    n 1: shorebird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Dowitcher \Dow"itch*er\, n. (Zool.)
   The red-breasted or gray snipe ({Macrorhamphus griseus}); --
   called also {brownback}, and {grayback}.
   [1913 Webster]