Bible Dictionaries
Shadbird

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The common European sandpiper.

(2):

(n.) The American, or Wilson's, snipe. See under Snipe. So called because it appears at the same time as the shad.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Shadbird'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/shadbird.html. 1828.