"willet" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: willets [plural]
Etymology: Onomatopoeic, from the bird's cry ("pill-will-willet"). Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|en}} Onomatopoeic Head templates: {{en-noun}} willet (plural willets)
  1. Tringa semipalmata (or formerly Catoptrophorus semipalmatus), a large shorebird in the family Scolopacidae. Categories (lifeform): Scolopacids Derived forms: Carolina willet Translations (Tringa semipalmata): vodouš břehoušovitý (Czech), preeriaviklo (Finnish), chevalier semipalmé [masculine] (French), lármás cankó (Hungarian), beʼekʼidbąąsdísí dinilbáhígíí (Navajo), перепончатопа́лый ули́т (perepončatopályj ulít) [masculine] (Russian)

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