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单词 willet
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Definition of willet in English:

willet

nounPlural willetsˈwɪlɪtˈwilit
  • A large North American sandpiper.

    斑翅鹬

    Catoptrophorus semipalmatus, family Scolopacidae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • From there, you can walk along the island's beach below the headquarters for a quarter to half a mile to extensive mud flats where colorful American oystercatchers, willets, black-bellied plovers and red knots are usually numerous.
    • For some shorebird species, such as willets and dunlin, we had diet data from BBH, although diets for several other species at this site are unknown.
    • On the beach we saw some willets and gulls but no terns or sanderlings.
    • This was also true with the common snipe, lesser yellowlegs, willet, and western sandpiper.
    • A brief summary of the meeting's minutes are as follows: we're fairly confident that we've seen willets in the past and there's no way Sara is going to drive out to Jamaica Bay just to solidify a sandpiper sighting.

Origin

Mid 19th century: imitative of its call, pill-will-willet.

Rhymes

billet, filet, fillet, millet, skillet

Definition of willet in US English:

willet

nounˈwilit
  • A large North American sandpiper.

    斑翅鹬

    Catoptrophorus semipalmatus, family Scolopacidae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • For some shorebird species, such as willets and dunlin, we had diet data from BBH, although diets for several other species at this site are unknown.
    • This was also true with the common snipe, lesser yellowlegs, willet, and western sandpiper.
    • On the beach we saw some willets and gulls but no terns or sanderlings.
    • A brief summary of the meeting's minutes are as follows: we're fairly confident that we've seen willets in the past and there's no way Sara is going to drive out to Jamaica Bay just to solidify a sandpiper sighting.
    • From there, you can walk along the island's beach below the headquarters for a quarter to half a mile to extensive mud flats where colorful American oystercatchers, willets, black-bellied plovers and red knots are usually numerous.

Origin

Mid 19th century: imitative of its call, pill-will-willet.

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