ˈgäˌdwit noun
( -s )
Etymology: origin unknown
: any of several long-billed wading birds that constitute a genus ( Limosa ) of the family Scolopacidae and that are much like the curlews but have the bill slightly curved upward — see bar-tailed godwit , black-tailed godwit , hudsonian godwit , marbled godwit , pacific godwit