knot


3knot

noun
plural knots or knot

Definition of KNOT

: either of two sandpipers (Calidris canutus and C. tenuirostris) that breed in the Arctic and winter in temperate or warm parts of the New and Old World

Origin of KNOT

Middle English knott
First Known Use: 15th century

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