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willet¹

Where it comes from

Onomatopoeic, from the bird's cry ("pill-will-willet").

noun willets

  1. Tringa semipalmata (or formerly Catoptrophorus semipalmatus), a large shorebird in the family Scolopacidae.

Willet²

Where it comes from

Variant of Willett.

From a medieval diminutive form of the given name Will.

proper noun Willett · Willette

  1. A surname originating as a patronymic.

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noun Tringa semipalmata

Françaischevalier semipalmé
Русскийперепончатопа́лый ули́т perepončatopályj ulít

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@misc{willet_2026,
  title = {willet},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/willet},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}