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godwit

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god·wit

noun \ˈgäd-ˌwit\

Definition of GODWIT

: any of a genus (Limosa) of shorebirds that are related to the curlews and sandpipers and have a long slender slightly upturned or straight bill

Origin of GODWIT

origin unknown
First Known Use: 1552

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