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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Godwit \God"wit\ (g[o^]d"w[i^]t), noun [Prob. from AS. g[=o]d good + wiht creature, wight.] (Zool.) 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}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Spikebill \Spike"bill'\, noun (Zool.) (a) The hooded merganser. (b) The marbled godwit ({Limosa fedoa}).
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Marlin \Mar"lin\, noun (Zool.) The American great marbled godwit ({Limosa fedoa}). Applied also to the red-breasted godwit ({Limosa haematica}).
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. [PJC]
{Hook-billed marlin}, a curlew.
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