Definition of godwits Godwits
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What does godwits mean?
Wiktionary 
- godwits (Noun)
Plural of godwit.
Part of speech
🔤- godwits, noun, plural of godwit.
WordNet
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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 | ||
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Wiktionary
- godwit (Noun)
Any of four species of long-billed, migratory wading bird s in the genus Limosa, of the family Scolopacidae.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- godwit (n.)
One of several species of long-billed, wading birds of the genus Limosa, and family Tringidae. The European black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa), the American marbled godwit (L. fedoa), the Hudsonian godwit (L. haemastica), and others, are valued as game birds. Called also godwin.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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godwit
god′wit, n. a genus of birds of the snipe family, with long bill and long slender legs, with a great part of the tibia bare. [Perh. from A.S. gód, good, wiht, creature.]
Part of speech
🔤- godwit, noun, singular of godwits.
