godwit

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godwit

/ˈɡɑd.wɪt/ US
/ˈɡɒd.wɪt/ UK

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Origin unknown. A surface analysis would suggest Old English *gōdwiht as the term's ultimate origin, corresponding to good + wight (“creature”), but the term is attested only since late Middle English. The Oxford English Dictionary considers the term to probably have originally been imitative of the bird's call.

noun godwits

Any of four species of long-billed migratory wading birds in the genus Limosa, of the family Scolopacidae. My foot-boy shall eat pheasants, calvered salmons, / Knots, godwits, lampreys: I myself will have / The beards of barbels, served instead of salads […]
Similar: yarwhelp, yarwip

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noun Long-billed wading bird

Español	picopando
Kiswahili	msese
Français	barge
Deutsch	Schnepfe
Italiano	pittima
Ελληνικά	λιμόζη limózi
Русский	верете́нник vereténnik
العربية	بقويقة biqwayiqa

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@misc{godwit_2026,
  title = {godwit},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/godwit},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}