GODWIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does godwit mean? 

• GODWIT (noun)
  The noun GODWIT has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: GODWIT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GODWIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("godwit" is a kind of...):

limicoline bird; shore bird; shorebird (any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "godwit"):

Hudsonian godwit; Limosa haemastica (New World godwit)

Holonyms ("godwit" is a member of...):

genus Limosa; Limosa (godwits)