godwit

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godwit - 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]

godwit - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  godwit
      n 1: large wading bird that resembles a curlew; has a long
           slightly upturned bill