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doughbird

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English

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Etymology

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From dough +‎ bird, from its soft, pale breast meat.

Noun

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doughbird (plural doughbirds)

  1. An Eskimo curlew (Numenius borealis).

References

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“doughbird”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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