The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Dabchick \Dab"chick`\ (d[a^]b"ch[i^]k`), n. [For dabchick. See
   Dap, Dip, cf. Dipchick.] (Zool.)
   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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Dobber \Dob"ber\, n.
   1. (Zool.) See Dabchick.
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   2. A float to a fishing line. [Local, U. S.]
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