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De - Pt| English Dictionary: godwit | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Godwit \God"wit\, n. [Prob. from AS. g[?]d good + wiht creature, wight.] (Zo[94]l.) One of several species of long-billed, wading birds of the genus {Limosa}, and family {Tringid[91]}. The European black-tailed godwit ({Limosa limosa}), the American marbled godwit ({L. fedoa}), the Hudsonian godwit ({L. h[91]mastica}), and others, are valued as game birds. Called also {godwin}. | |
