willets

Variant of willet

willet definition

☆ wil·let (wil′it)

noun pl. willets -·lets or willet -·let

a large, gray-and-white, long-legged shorebird (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus) of the same family (Scolopacidae) as snipe and sandpipers, living along shallow shores, marshes, etc. of North and South America

Etymology: echoic of its 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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