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hudsonian godwit

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Hud⋅so⋅ni⋅an god⋅wit

  [huhd-soh-nee-uhn] .
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–noun
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Origin:
1855–60; Hudson (Bay) + -ian

god⋅wit

  [god-wit]
–noun
any of several large, widely distributed shorebirds of the genus Limosa, as the New World L. haemastica (Hudsonian godwit), having a long bill that curves upward slightly.
Origin:
1545–55; of obscure orig.
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hudsonian godwit

noun
New World godwit 
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