black-tailed godwitn. [compare scientific Latin Limosa melanura (1813), former name of this bird] a Eurasian godwit, Limosa limosa, having a tail with a broad terminal black band.
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1824 J. F. StephensShaw's Gen. Zool. XII. i. 73Black-tailed Godwit.
1939 Brit. Birds33 102 The Black-tailed Godwit is increasingly occurring in the British Isles.
2006 Bird Watching Aug. 106/4 An amazing 68 Black tailed Godwits were at Venus Pool.