n. Tringa semipalmata or Catoptrophorus semipalmatus, a large shorebird.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A large North American snipe (Symphemia semipalmata); -- called also pill-willet, will-willet, semipalmated tattler, or snipe, duck snipe, and stone curlew.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A North American bird of the snipe family, the semipalmated tattler or stone-curlew, Symphemia semipalmata.
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n. large North American shorebird of eastern and Gulf Coasts
Word Usage
"This bird is currently classified as a sister subspecies along with the western willet, T. s. inornatus."