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godwit
CIDE DICTIONARY
godwit, n. [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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