willet
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- noun
- /ˈwɪlɪt/
- Specialized
- At the beach, we spotted a willet foraging for food among the rocks.
- whimbrels and willets
- plovers and willets
Examples
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Chemical engineer J.L. Willet, who heads NCAUR's Plant Polymer Research Unit, began designing a continuous extrusion process to blend the formulation and make the decoys.
Academic text (2000) -
In 1986, Mumane, Singer, and Willet (1989) found that 49 percent of those teachers hired in 1974-1976 were no longer teaching, a rather high attrition rate for such a short period.
Academic text (1992) -
Next up is Tom Willet.
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Willet!
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There were others down in the rocks, terns and plovers and willets, some so far gone he couldn't identify the species.
Fiction book (1991) -
Telephones rang like crickets, and print machines clacked and chattered like willets disturbed on a nest.
Fiction book (1991) -
But birds such as piping plovers, oystercatchers, and willets rely mainly on camouflage, and their nests are situated far from other birds that might give early warning of danger.
Academic text (1994) -
In fact, when Walter Willet, M.D., Ph.D., from Harvard's School of Public Health, gathered data from nearly 80,000 women, he found no evidence of reduced risk of hip fractures in women who consumed one to three servings of dairy daily.
Blog text (24) -
The distinctive call of the willet echoed across the marsh as it took flight.
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As we walked along the shore, a willet strutted nearby, searching for insects.
Synonyms
A large coastal bird like a sandpiper found along the east and Gulf coasts of North America
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word willet probably comes from the bird's loud, repeated call and is a name that copies that sound, much like cuckoo. So it is easy to remember a willet as the shorebird you often hear before you see because of its loud call.