willet

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