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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