noun Godwit n. (Zool.) One of several species of long-billed, wading birds of the genus Limosa, and family Tringidae. The European black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa), the American marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa), the Hudsonian godwit (Limosa haemastica), and others, are valued as game birds. Called also godwin.
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