willet Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun large North American shorebird of eastern and Gulf Coasts
    Catoptrophorus semipalmatus.

WordNet

Wil"let noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A large North American snipe (Symphemia semipalmata); -- called also pill-willet, will-willet, semipalmated tattler, or snipe, duck snipe, and stone curlew.

Webster 1913