Pill-willet

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pill-willet \Pill"-wil`let\, n. [So named from its note.]
     (Zool.)
     The willet.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Willet \Wil"let\, n. (Zool.)
     A large North American snipe ({Symphemia semipalmata}); --
     called also {pill-willet}, {will-willet}, {semipalmated
     tattler}, or {snipe}, {duck snipe}, and {stone curlew}.
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     {Carolina willet}, the Hudsonian godwit.
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