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Webster 1913 Edition

Shadbird

Shad′birdˊ

(shăd′bẽrd)

,

Noun.

(Zool.)

(a)

The American, or Wilson’s, snipe. See under

. So called because it appears at the same time as the shad.

(b)

The common European sandpiper.

[Prov. Eng.]

Definition 2024

shadbird

shadbird

English

Noun

shadbird ‎(plural shadbirds)

(dated, Britain, dialect) The American snipe; Wilson's snipe.
(dated, Britain, dialect) The common European sandpiper.