Hudsonian godwit
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Hudsonian godwit
First recorded in 1855–60; Hudson (Bay) + -ian
Example Sentences
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He plans to use it for a study tracking the Hudsonian godwit, a shorebird that makes one of the world’s longest migrations, from southern Chile to Alaska.
From New York Times
Common tern, knot, American white pelican, Hudsonian godwit, trumpeter swan, long-billed curlew, snowy heron, Hudsonian curlew, American avocet, prairie sharp-tailed grouse, dowitcher, passenger pigeon.
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