Dabchick \Dab"chick`\, n. [For dabchick. See {Dap}, {Dip}, cf.
{Dipchick}.] (Zo["o]l.)
A small water bird ({Podilymbus podiceps}), allied to the
grebes, remarkable for its quickness in diving; -- called
also {dapchick}, {dobchick}, {dipchick}, {didapper},
{dobber}, {devil-diver}, {hell-diver}, and {pied-billed
grebe}.