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willet in British English
(ˈwɪlɪt)
noun
a large American shore bird, Catoptrophorus semipalmatus, having a long stout bill, long legs, and a grey plumage with black-and-white wings: family Scolopacidae (sandpipers, etc), order Charadriiformes
Word origin
short for pill-will-willet imitation of its crywillet in American English
(ˈwɪlɪt)
US
nounWord forms: plural ˈwillets or ˈwillet
a large, gray-and-white, long-legged shorebird (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus) of the same family (Scolopacidae) as snipe and sandpipers, living along shallow shores, marshes, etc. of North and South America
Word origin
echoic of its cryImage ofwillet
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- get up on the wrong side of the bed
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- get up someone's nose
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- get wise
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