godwit

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɡɒdwɪt/

Noun

godwit (plural godwits)

1. Any of four species of long-billed, migratory wading birds in the genus Limosa, of the family Scolopacidae.
   • c.1610, Ben Jonson, The Alchemist

     My foot-boy shall eat pheasants, calvered salmons, / Knots, godwits, lampreys: I myself will have / The beards of barbels, served instead of salads […]

Synonyms

• (long-billed wading birds) yarwhelp (dated), yarwip (archaic)

Translations

• French: barge
• German: Schnepfe
• Italian: pittima
• Russian: верете́нник
• Spanish: picopando, aguja

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