name
Meaning 1
A surname originating as a patronymic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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Standard Lemma guide
willet
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Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET: W IH1 L IH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Tringa semipalmata (or formerly Catoptrophorus semipalmatus), a large shorebird in the family Scolopacidae.
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noun
Meaning 3
large North American shorebird of eastern and Gulf Coasts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tattler
History
Etymology
Variant of Willett. From a medieval diminutive form of the given name Will.
Onomatopoeic, from the bird's cry ("pill-will-willet").
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: vodouš břehoušovitý — Tringa semipalmata
- Finnish: preeriaviklo — Tringa semipalmata
- French: chevalier semipalmé — Tringa semipalmata
- Hungarian: lármás cankó — Tringa semipalmata
- Russian: перепончатопа́лый ули́т (perepončatopályj ulít) — Tringa semipalmata