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dabchick

dabchick noun: a small grebe, little grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis).

Noun

dabchick (plural dabchicks)

  1. A small grebe, little grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis).
    • Once there was a moment where the sun beat through the fog, and they discovered they were surrounded on all sides by dabchicks whinnying and diving.2016, Sarah Perry, The Essex Serpent, Serpentʼs Tail (2017), page 396

dabchick meaning in Tamil and Bengali

dabchick in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும்

dabchick in Bengali

পানকৌড়ি

Forms of dabchick

pluraldabchicks

Origin of dabchick

From dab (“dive, dip, dabble”) + chick.

Words formed from dabchick

  • New Zealand dabchick

Questions about dabchick

What does dabchick mean?
Dabchick means a small grebe, little grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis).
What is dabchick in Tamil?
Dabchick in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும். See Dabchick meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is dabchick?
Dabchick is a noun.
What is the plural of dabchick?
The plural of dabchick is dabchicks.

Words near dabchick in the dictionary

  1. dabblingly
  2. dabblings
  3. Dabbs
  4. Dabbses
  5. dabby
  6. dabchick
  7. dabchicks
  8. DABCO
  9. Dabee
  10. dabeli
  11. dabeno

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dabchick (page history and authors); dabchick (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dabchick (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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