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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water ouzel

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

Here I find the little water ouzel as much at home as any linnet in a leafy grove, seeming to take the greater delight the more boisterous the stream.

From My First Summer in the Sierra by John Muir

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 George S. Harney

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

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 Thomas Wallace Knox

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