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Willet

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname originating as a patronymic.
Noun
  1. 1
    Tringa semipalmata (or formerly Catoptrophorus semipalmatus), a large shorebird in the family Scolopacidae.
  2. 2
    large North American shorebird of eastern and Gulf Coasts wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

Variant of Willett. From a medieval diminutive form of the given name Will.

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