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godwit

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CIDE DICTIONARY

godwitn. [Prob. from AS. g good + wiht creature, wight.].
     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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

godwit, n. any wading bird of the genus Limosa, with long legs and a long straight or slightly upcurved bill.

Etymology
16th c.: of unkn. orig.

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