Definitions for godwits

godwits god·wit

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IPA: /ˈgɒd wɪt/

Godwits is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 135 anagrams from letters in godwits (dgiostw).

Definitions for godwits

noun

  1. 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 of godwits

First recorded in 1545-55; of obscure origin

Examples for godwits

The bird combines the characteristics of the Curlew and the godwit, the bill being recurved.

He also observed the godwit, and a larger and vicious bird, which they named margaulx.

Numbers of the Hudsonian godwit (limosa Hudsonica) were flying about, apparently intending to breed in the neighbourhood.

The godwit makes no attempt at concealment, the eggs being deposited in plain sight in a slight hollow in the short grass.

Very similar in appearance to our Hudsonian godwit, which is frequently called by the name of this species.

I saw the hairbreadth escape and the splash, but whether or not the godwit dived to get away, I could not tell.

It somewhat resembles the godwit in coloring, but it is more of a grayish tinge.

Its shorter bill—not over two and a half inches in length—will always distinguish it from the godwit.

Some of the sandpipers can dive well, and probably the godwit escaped thus.

The food of this godwit consists of worms, crustaceans, molluscs, and similar marine creatures.

Word Value for godwits
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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