godwit

American  

[god-wit] / ˈgɒd wɪt /

noun

1. any of several large, widely distributed shorebirds of the genus Limosa, as the New World L. haemastica Hudsonian godwit, having a long bill that curves upward slightly.

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godwit British  

/ ˈɡɒdwɪt /

noun

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of godwit

First recorded in 1545–55; of obscure origin

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Example Sentences

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godwit

But the black-tailed godwit has now been spotted in her wetlands --the only recorded Italian nesting site.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

Then we get Ms. Morris’s marvelous painting of a solitary godwit in a suggestively tarnished sky.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

For example, the bar-tailed godwit, a pigeon-sized shorebird, breeds in Alaska and then migrates to New Zealand.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2022

During the trip, the New Zealand birders say they identified several new sites of international importance for the bar-tailed godwit, the Eurasian curlew, and the critically endangered Eastern curlew.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2016

The marbled godwit, or marlin as it is also called, is one of the largest birds of the Scolopacidæ family.

From Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast by Harry Thom Payne

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