water ouzel

American  

noun

1. dipper.

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water ouzel British  

noun

1. another name for dipper

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Etymology

Origin of water ouzel

First recorded in 1615–25

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Example Sentences

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water ouzel

One American bird, and one only, chooses perpetual dampness for his environment,—the American dipper, or water ouzel.

From A Bird-Lover in the West by Olive Thorne Miller

Another bird I love among the Alps is the dipper or water ouzel.

From Ski-running by Katharine Symonds Furse

As he rocked he watched the water ouzel teetering on a rock in the river, joyously shaking from its back the spray which deluged it at intervals.

From The Man from the Bitter Roots by Caroline Lockhart

Birds, 68, 96; in the Merced Valley, 50, 65-67; water ouzel, 106, 107, 223; wrens, 170; on Mount Hoffman, 173-77; sparrows on Cathedral Peak, 251.

From My First Summer in the Sierra by John Muir

This gorge is the home of the water ouzel, which is often seen flying back and forth in the spray.

From Glacier National Park [Montana] by United States Dept. of the Interior

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