GODWIT

godwit. Godwit, n. a bird with a long bill and legs

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God″wit (gŏd″wĭt), n. [[Prob. from AS. gōd good + wiht creature, wight.]] (Zoöl.) One of several species of long-billed, wading birds of the genus Limosa, and family Tringidæ. The European black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa), the American marbled godwit (L. fedoa), the Hudsonian godwit (L. hæmastica), and others, are valued as game birds. Called also godwin.