willet, Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
(noun) large North American shorebird of eastern and Gulf Coasts
Source: WordNet® 3.1
willet (plural willets)
Tringa semipalmata or Catoptrophorus semipalmatus, a large shorebird.
Willet
A patronymic surname.
Source: Wiktionary
Wil"let, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A large North American snipe (Symphemia semipalmata); -- called also pill-willet, will-willet, semipalmated tattler, or snipe, duck snipe, and stone curlew. Carolina willet, the Hudsonian godwit.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 June 2025
(noun) the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); “asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture”
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