Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A large grayish sandpiper (Tringa semipalmata) of the Americas whose wings show a black and white pattern when the bird is in flight.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A North American bird of the snipe family, the semipalmated tattler or stone-curlew, Symphemia semipalmata.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A large North American snipe (
Symphemia semipalmata ); -- called alsopill-willet ,will-willet ,semipalmated tattler , orsnipe ,duck snipe , andstone curlew . - noun the Hudsonian godwit.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Tringa semipalmata or Catoptrophorus semipalmatus, a large
shorebird .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun large North American shorebird of eastern and Gulf Coasts
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Response: This is an adult eastern willet, Tringa s. semipalmata, which has just arrived on its breeding grounds.
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This bird is currently classified as a sister subspecies along with the western willet, T. s. inornatus.
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Eastern Willet, Tringa s. semipalmata synonym; Catoptrophorus semipalmatus, formerly; Symphemia semipalmata, protonym; Scolopax semipalmata, also known as the semipalmated tattler or simply as the willet, photographed at Bolivar Peninsula, Texas, USA.
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Amongst birds, for example, there is evidence that ecological specialists and rare species such as the willet, seaside sparrow and sharp-tailed sparrow are less abundant in P. australis stands than non-P. australis stands.
Phragmites australis - cryptic invasion of the Common Reed in North America 2009
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She angles past a willet standing one-legged in the sand, its head tucked onto its back like a spoon.
Archive 2009-01-11 mjs 2009
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This is definitely the first time I have seen a willet chase flying insects.
Archive 2008-06-01 2008
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This is definitely the first time I have seen a willet chase flying insects.
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In fact in the comparative flycatching department, the only interesting participant was a willet.
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While 20 species occur regularly along the sand flats and mud flats of the estuary, four species, the willet, dowitcher, western sandpiper and marbled godwit, account for a large part of the bird population throughout the year.
Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve, California 2008
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In fact in the comparative flycatching department, the only interesting participant was a willet.
Archive 2008-06-01 2008
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