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

Example Sentences

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water ouzel

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

From Ski-running by Furse, Katharine Symonds

Later, he was to know this little slate-colored bird as the water ouzel, a bird that was neither wader nor swimmer, yet took his subsistence from the foam and spray.

From David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story by Harney, George S.

Among birds particularly interesting because of curious and unusual habits are the broadtailed hummingbird, water ouzel, campbird, nuthatch, nighthawk, and the ptarmigan, pipit, and rosy finch of the high peaks.

From Rocky Mountain [Colorado] National Park by United States. Dept. of the Interior

Some birds belong more properly to America, such as the Canada woodcock and the water ouzel; and there are several birds common to the east and west coasts of the Pacific.

From Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life by Knox, Thomas Wallace

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 Miller, Olive Thorne