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Meaning of WILLET

Pronunciation:  'wilit

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  large North American shorebird of eastern and Gulf coasts
 
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 Synonyms: Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
 
 See Also: Catoptrophorus, genus Catoptrophorus, tattler

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Wil"let\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A large North American snipe ({Symphemia semipalmata}); --
called also {pill-willet}, {will-willet}, {semipalmated
tattler}, or {snipe}, {duck snipe}, and {stone curlew}.
{Carolina willet}, the Hudsonian godwit.
 
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