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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Shadbird

Shadbird \Shad"bird`\ (sh[a^]d"b[~e]rd), n. (Zo["o]l.)

  1. The American, or Wilson's, snipe. See under Snipe. So called because it appears at the same time as the shad.

  2. The common European sandpiper. [Prov. Eng.]

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shadbird

n. 1 (context dated UK dialect English) The (vern American snipe pedia=1); (vern Wilson's snipe pedia=1). 2 (context dated UK dialect English) The common (vern European sandpiper pedia=1).