pill-willet

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pill-willet - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pill-willet \Pill"-wil`let\, n. [So named from its note.]
     (Zool.)
     The willet.
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  Willet \Wil"let\, n. (Zool.)
     A large North American snipe (Symphemia semipalmata); --
     called also pill-willet, will-willet, semipalmated tattler
     , or snipe, duck snipe, and stone curlew.
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     Carolina willet, the Hudsonian godwit.
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