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godwit

god·wit

UK/ˈɡɒd.wɪt/ US/ˈɡɑd.wɪt/ uncommon

noun

1.

large wading bird that resembles a curlew; has a long slightly upturned bill

Origin

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.

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