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Definition: Limosa limosa
Godwit
\God"wit\ (g[o^]d"w[i^]t), n. [Prob. from AS. g[=o]d good
+ wiht creature, wight.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of several species of long-billed, wading birds of the
genus
Limosa, and family
Tringid[ae]. The European
black-tailed godwit (
Limosa limosa), the American marbled
godwit (
Limosa fedoa), the Hudsonian godwit (
Limosa h[ae]mastica
), and others, are valued as game birds. Called
also
godwin.
[1913 Webster]