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god·wit (gäd′wit)

noun

any of a genus (Limosa, family Scolopacidae) of brownish shorebirds with a long bill that curves slightly upward

Etymology: orig. prob. echoic of cry

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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