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Webster 1913 Edition

Godwit

God′wit

(gŏd′wĭt)
,
Noun.
[Prob. from AS.
gōd
good +
wiht
creature, wight.]
(Zool.)
One of several species of long-billed, wading birds of the genus
Limosa
, and family
Tringidæ
. The European black-tailed godwit (
Limosa limosa
), the American marbled godwit (
Limosa fedoa
), the Hudsonian godwit (
Limosa hæmastica
), and others, are valued as game birds. Called also
godwin
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Godwit

GOD'WIT

,
Noun.
A fowl of the grallic order and genus Scolopax. It has a bill four inches long; the feathers on the head, neck and back are of a light reddish brown; those on the belly white, and the tail is regularly barred with black and white. This fowl frequents fens and the banks of rivers, and its flesh is esteemed a great delicacy.

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