willet

See also: Willet

English

A willet

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, from the bird's cry ("pill-will-willet").

Noun

willet (plural willets)

Tringa semipalmata (or formerly Catoptrophorus semipalmatus), a large shorebird in the family Scolopacidae.

Derived terms

Carolina willet

Translations

Tringa semipalmata

Czech: vodouš břehoušovitý
Finnish: preeriaviklo (fi)
French: chevalier semipalmé m
Hungarian: lármás cankó
Navajo: beʼekʼidbąąsdísí dinilbáhígíí
Russian: перепончатопа́лый ули́т m (perepončatopályj ulít)

Further reading

willet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Tringa semipalmata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

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