godwit

god·wit

G0175800 (gŏd′wĭt′)n. Any of various large shorebirds of the genus Limosa, having a long, slender, slightly upturned bill.

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godwit

(ˈɡɒdwɪt) n (Animals) any large shore bird of the genus Limosa, of northern and arctic regions, having long legs and a long upturned bill: family Scolopacidae (sandpipers, etc), order Charadriiformes[C16: of unknown origin]

god•wit

(ˈgɒd wɪt)

n. any shorebird of the cosmopolitan genus Limosa, having a long bill that curves upward. [1545–55; orig. uncertain]

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godwit - large wading bird that resembles a curlew; has a long slightly upturned billlimicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird - any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuariesgenus Limosa, Limosa - godwitsHudsonian godwit, Limosa haemastica - New World godwit

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