willet

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See also: Willet

English

A willet

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, from the bird's cry ("pill-will-willet").

Noun

willet (plural willets)

  1. Tringa semipalmata (or formerly Catoptrophorus semipalmatus), a large shorebird in the family Scolopacidae.

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