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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
godwit n 1: large wading bird that resembles a curlew; has a long slightly upturned bill | ||
2. 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] | ||
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