WILLET

willet, Catoptrophorus semipalmatus

(noun) large North American shorebird of eastern and Gulf Coasts

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

willet (plural willets)

Tringa semipalmata or Catoptrophorus semipalmatus, a large shorebird.

Etymology

Proper noun

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



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