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Meaning of GODWIT

Pronunciation:  'gâdwit

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  large wading bird that resembles a curlew; has a long slightly upturned bill
 
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 See Also: genus Limosa, Hudsonian godwit, limicoline bird, Limosa, Limosa haemastica, shore bird, shorebird

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\God"wit\, n. [Prob. from AS. g?d good + wiht creature,
wight.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of several species of long-billed, wading birds of the
genus {Limosa}, and family {Tringid[ae]}. The European
black-tailed godwit ({Limosa limosa}), the American marbled
godwit ({L. fedoa}), the Hudsonian godwit ({L.
h[ae]mastica}), and others, are valued as game birds. Called
also {godwin}.
 

 

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