god·wit (g d w t )n. Any of various large shore birds of the genus Limosa, having a long, slender, slightly upturned bill. [Origin unknown.] |
godwit [ˈgɒdwɪt]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any large shore bird of the genus Limosa, of northern and arctic regions, having long legs and a long upturned bill: family Scolopacidae (sandpipers, etc.), order Charadriiformes
[of unknown origin]
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| Noun | 1. |  godwit - large wading bird that resembles a curlew; has a long slightly upturned billlimicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird - any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries genus Limosa, Limosa - godwits Hudsonian godwit, Limosa haemastica - New World godwit |
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