Godwit

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  • noun. Any of various large shorebirds of the genus Limosa, having a long, slender, slightly upturned bill.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A bird of the genus Limosa; a barge; a goathead.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Any of four species of long-billed, migratory wading birds in the genus Limosa, of the family Scolopacidae.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. large wading bird that resembles a curlew; has a long slightly upturned bill