godwit

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• gŏdˈ -wĭt
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• General-American: /ˈɡɑd.wɪt/
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• UK: /ˈɡɒd.wɪt/
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Origin unknown. A surface analysis would suggest Old English *gōdwiht as the term's ultimate origin, corresponding to good + wight (“creature”), but the term is attested only since late Middle English. The Oxford English Dictionary considers the term to probably have originally been imitative of the bird's call.

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: griete — Long-billed wading bird
• Arabic: بقويقة (biqwayiqa) — Long-billed wading bird
• Breton: marc'heg — Long-billed wading bird
• Bulgarian: крайбрежен бекас (krajbrežen bekas) — Long-billed wading bird
• Catalan: tètol — Long-billed wading bird
• Cornish: marhek — Long-billed wading bird
• Czech: břehouš — Long-billed wading bird
• Danish: kobbersneppe — Long-billed wading bird
• Dutch: grutto — Long-billed wading bird
• Esperanto: limozo — Long-billed wading bird
• Estonian: vigle — Long-billed wading bird
• Finnish: kuiri — Long-billed wading bird
• French: barge — Long-billed wading bird
• West-Frisian: skriezen — Long-billed wading bird
• German: Schnepfe — Long-billed wading bird
• Greek: λιμόζη (limózi) — Long-billed wading bird
• Hungarian: goda — Long-billed wading bird
• Icelandic: jaðrakanar — Long-billed wading bird
• Italian: pittima — Long-billed wading bird
• Latvian: puskuitalas — Long-billed wading bird
• Low German: Grütto — Long-billed wading bird
• Māori: kuaka — Long-billed wading bird
• Polish: rycyk — Long-billed wading bird
• Russian: верете́нник (vereténnik) — Long-billed wading bird
• Spanish: picopando — Long-billed wading bird
• Swahili: msese — Long-billed wading bird
• Tamil: மூக்கன் (mūkkaṉ) — Long-billed wading bird
• Venetan: vétoła — Long-billed wading bird
• Welsh: rhostog — Long-billed wading bird