Godwit
n.
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 .
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