dowitcher

English Thesaurus

1. shorebird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	snipe,
definition	:	Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	grayback, greyback, limnodromus griseus,
definition	:	a dowitcher with a grey back (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	limnodromus scolopaceus, red-breasted snipe,
definition	:	a dowitcher with a red breast (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus limnodromus, limnodromus,
definition	:	dowitchers (noun.animal)