shadbird
English
Etymology
shad + bird, since it appears at the same time as the shad (a fish).
Noun
shadbird (plural shadbirds)
- (dated, UK, dialect) The American snipe; Wilson's snipe(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
{{vern}}with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.). - (dated, UK, dialect) The common European sandpiper.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “shadbird”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)