godwit
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- large wading bird that resembles a curlew; has a long slightly upturned billType of shorebird, shore birdKinds Hudsonian godwit, Limosa haemasticaMember of Limosa, genus Limosa
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
God′wit (gŏd′wĭt), noun
Origin: Prob. from AS. gōd good + wiht creature, wight.
Zoology 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.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54