hell-diver

hell-diver
Dabchick Dab"chick` (d[a^]b"ch[i^]k`), n. [For dabchick. See {Dap}, {Dip}, cf. {Dipchick}.] (Zo["o]l.) 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] ||

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