willet

See also: Willet

English

A willet

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, from the bird's cry ("pill-will-willet").

Noun

willet (plural willets)

1. Tringa semipalmata (or formerly Catoptrophorus semipalmatus), a large shorebird in the family Scolopacidae.

Derived terms

• Carolina willet

Translations

Tringa semipalmata

• Czech: vodouš břehoušovitý
• Finnish: preeriaviklo (fi)
• French: chevalier semipalmé m
• Hungarian: lármás cankó
• Navajo: beʼekʼidbąąsdísí dinilbáhígíí
• Russian: перепончатопа́лый ули́т m (perepončatopályj ulít)

Further reading

• willet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tringa semipalmata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies