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1. (n.) willet
a large North American sandpiper, Catoptrophorus semipalmatus, with a striking black-and-white wing pattern.
Etymology: (1700–10, Amer.; short for pill-will-willet, conventional imit. of its cry)
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1. (noun) willet, Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
large North American shorebird of eastern and Gulf Coasts
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1. (noun) willet
a large North American snipe (Symphemia semipalmata); -- called also pill-willet, will-willet, semipalmated tattler, or snipe, duck snipe, and stone curlew
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