Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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}.

Source : WordNet®

dabchick
     n : small European grebe [syn: {little grebe}, {Podiceps
         ruficollis}]