doughbird

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English

Etymology

From dough +‎ bird, from its soft, pale breast meat.

Noun

doughbird (plural doughbirds)

  1. The Eskimo curlew (Numenius borealis).

References

doughbird”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.