Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
large wading bird that resembles a curlew;
has a long slightly upturned bill;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Godwit \God"wit\ (g[o^]d"w[i^]t), n. [Prob. from AS. g[=o]d good
+ wiht creature, wight.] (Zool.)
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 (Limosa fedoa), the Hudsonian godwit (Limosa
h[ae]mastica), and others, are valued as game birds. Called
also godwin.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
godwit
n 1: large wading bird that resembles a curlew; has a long
slightly upturned bill