godwit

n. 塍鹬

发音

US /ˈɡɑd.wɪt/
其它
UK /ˈɡɒd.wɪt/

词形变化

godwits 复数 godwits

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of four species of long-billed migratory wading birds in the genus Limosa, of the family Scolopacidae.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

shorebird

下位词 1

Hudsonian godwit

相关短语

bar-tailed godwit black-tailed godwit Hudsonian godwit =godwit marbled godwit

词源

Origin unknown. A surface analysis would suggest Old English *gōdwiht as the term's ultimate origin, corresponding to good + wight (“creature”), but the term is attested only since late Middle English. The Oxford English Dictionary considers the term to probably have originally been imitative of the bird's call.

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