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Godwit
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Godwit has 1 sense
- godwit(n = noun.animal) - large wading bird that resembles a curlew; has a long slightly upturned bill; is a kind of limicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird
is a member of genus limosa, limosa
has particulars: hudsonian godwit, limosa haemastica
CIDE DICTIONARY
Godwit, n. [Prob. from AS. g good + wiht creature, wight.].
One of several species of long-billed, wading birds of the genus Limosa , and family Tringidæ . The European black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa ), the American marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa ), the Hudsonian godwit (Limosa hæmastica ), and others, are valued as game birds. Called also godwin . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Godwit, n. any wading bird of the genus Limosa, with long legs and a long straight or slightly upcurved bill.
Etymology
16th c.: of unkn. orig.
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