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Definition: Godwit |
GodwitNoun1. Large wading bird that resembles a curlew; has a long slightly upturned bill. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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The godwits and their allies are a group of large, long-billed, long-legged and strongly migratory wading birds. They form large flocks on coasts and estuaries in winter.
Godwits
Bar-tailed GodwitScientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Charadriiformes Family†: Scolopacidae
Genera Limosa † see also: wader They can be distinguished from the related curlews by their straight or slightly upturned bills, and from the dowitchers by their longer legs. The winter plumages are fairly drab, but three species have reddish underparts when breeding. The females are appreciably larger than the males.
- Family: Scolopacidae (part)
- Black-tailed Godwit, Limosa limosa
- Hudsonian Godwit, Limosa haemastica
- Bar-tailed Godwit, Limosa lapponica
- Marbled Godwit, Limosa fedoa
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Godwit."
Crosswords: Godwit |
| English words defined with "godwit": Carolina willet ♦ Hudsonian godwit ♦ Limosa haemastica ♦ Poor-willie ♦ Scammel, Sea woodcock, Spikebill, Spot rump, Stone plover ♦ Whiterump ♦ Yarwhip. (references) |
| "Godwit" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Godwit" is used about 11 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 11 | 106,044 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "godwit": Hudsonian godwit. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
godwit | 4 |
godwit marbled | 2 |
godwit hudsonian | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "godwit"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | stor kobbersneppe (blacktailed godwit), lille kobbersneppe (bar-tailed godwit). (various references) | |
Dutch | grutto (blacktailed godwit), rosse grutto (bar-tailed godwit). (various references) | |
French | barge rousse (bar-tailed godwit), barge de Laponie (bar-tailed godwit), barge à queue noire (blacktailed godwit, black-tailed godwit). (various references) | |
German | Uferschnepfe (blacktailed godwit, black-tailed godwit), Pfuhlschnepfe (bar-tailed godwit). (various references) | |
Greek | ακτοτοÏÏλι (bar-tailed godwit). (various references) | |
Italian | pittima reale (blacktailed godwit, black-tailed godwit), pittima minore (bar-tailed godwit). (various references) | |
Manx | feddag hraie (bar-tailed godwit). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | odwitgay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | maçarico de bico direito (blacktailed godwit), fuselo (bar-tailed godwit). (various references) | |
Spanish | aguja colipinta (bar-tailed godwit), aguja colinegra (blacktailed godwit). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Limosa lapponica, Limosa limosa, RM:becassina da riva, RM:becassina da ruina. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "godwit": godwits. (additional references) | |
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"Godwit" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: godi, gowda, Gowdie, Guwat. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "godwit" (pronounced 'God"wit'): Forewit, Wantwit. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-g-i-o-t-w" | |
-2 letters: doit, gowd, twig. | |
-3 letters: dig, dit, dog, dot, dow, gid, git, god, got, tod, tog, tow, two, wig, wit, wog, wot. | |
-4 letters: do, go, id, it, od, ow, ti, to, wo. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-g-i-o-t-w" | |
+1 letter: godwits. | |
+3 letters: downright, lightwood. | |
+4 letters: lightwoods, outdrawing, outweighed, outwinding. | |
+5 letters: downrightly, withholding, woodcutting. | |
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