Limosa

noun

Li·​mo·​sa

līˈmōsə

: a genus of birds (family Scolopacidae) comprising the godwits

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin, feminine of limosus muddy, from limus mud + -osus -ose; akin to Latin linere to smear

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