WILLET


Meaning of WILLET in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈwi-lət ]

noun

( plural willets also willet )

Etymology: imitative

Date: 1791

: a large American shorebird ( Catoptrophorus semipalmatus ) of the sandpiper family that resembles the greater yellowlegs but has a thicker bill and gray legs and that displays a black-and-white wing pattern when in flight

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