1. A small to medium-sized wading bird with a long straight bill, found in marshes and coastal areas.
Usage: ornithology; Common in North America; genus Limnodromus

Examples

• The dowitcher probed the mudflat with its long bill searching for small invertebrates.
• Birdwatchers spotted a short-billed dowitcher near the salt marsh.
• During migration, dowitchers gather in large flocks along coastal wetlands.
• The long-billed dowitcher is slightly larger than its short-billed cousin.
• We observed a dowitcher feeding in the shallow water at dawn.