English-Thai Dictionary
godwit
N นก ตระกูล Limosa ซึ่ง มี ปาก และ ขา ยาว nok-tra-kun-limosa-sueng-me-pak-lae-ka-yao
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
GODWIT
n.A fowl of the grallic order and genus Scolopax. It has a bill four inches long; the feathers on the head, neck and back are of a light reddish brown; those on the belly white, and the tail is regularly barred with black and white. This fowl frequents fens and the banks of rivers, and its flesh is esteemed a great delicacy.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
GODWIT
God "wit, n. Etym: [Prob. from AS. g good + wiht creature, wight. ](Zoöl.)
Defn: One of several species of long-billed, wading birds of the genus Limosa, and family Tringidæ. The European black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa ), the American marbled godwit (L. fedoa ), the Hudsonian godwit (L. hæmastica ), and others, are valued as game birds. Called also godwin.
New American Oxford Dictionary
godwit
god wit |ˈgädwit ˈɡɑdwɪt | ▶noun a large, long-legged wader with a long, slightly upturned or straight bill, and typically a reddish-brown head and breast in the breeding male. [Genus Limosa, family Scolopacidae: four species. ] ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: of unknown origin.
Oxford Dictionary
godwit
god ¦wit |ˈgɒdwɪt | ▶noun a large, long-legged wader with a long, slightly upturned or straight bill, and typically a reddish-brown head and breast in the breeding male. ●Genus Limosa, family Scolopacidae: four species. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: of unknown origin.
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