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god·wit  (gdwt)

n.

Any of various large shore birds of the genus Limosa, having a long, slender, slightly upturned bill.

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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

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Noun

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godwit - large wading bird that resembles a curlew; has a long slightly upturned bill limicoline 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