any large shore bird of the genus Limosa, of northern and arctic regions, having long legs and a long upturned bill: family Scolopacidae (sandpipers, etc), order Charadriiformes
Word origin
C16: of unknown origin
godwit in American English
(ˈgɑdwɪt)
noun
any of a genus (Limosa, family Scolopacidae) of brownish shorebirds with a long bill that curves slightly upward