doughbird
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From dough + bird, from its soft, pale breast meat.
Noun
[edit]doughbird (plural doughbirds)
- The Eskimo curlew (Numenius borealis).
References
[edit]“doughbird”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.