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Limosa fedoa

Marlin \Mar"lin\, n. (Zo["o]l.) The American great marbled godwit ( Limosa fedoa). Applied also to the red-breasted godwit ( Limosa h[ae]matica).

2. [from marlin spike, the shape of its bill.] Any of several marine billfishes of the genera Makaira and Tetrapturus, popular as game in sport fishing.

Hook-billed marlin, a curlew.

Limosa fedoa

Spikebill \Spike"bill`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)

  1. The hooded merganser.

  2. The marbled godwit ( Limosa fedoa).

Limosa fedoa

Godwit \God"wit\ (g[o^]d"w[i^]t), n. [Prob. from AS. g[=o]d good + wiht creature, wight.] (Zo["o]l.) One of several species of long-billed, wading birds of the genus Limosa, and family Tringid[ae]. The European black-tailed godwit ( Limosa limosa), the American marbled godwit ( Limosa fedoa), the Hudsonian godwit ( Limosa h[ae]mastica), and others, are valued as game birds. Called also godwin.