willet
willet
(ˈwɪlɪt
) noun
a large American shore bird, Catoptrophorus semipalmatus, having a long stout bill, long legs, and a grey plumage with black-and-white wings: family Scolopacidae (sandpipers, etc), order Charadriiformes
[short for pill-will-willet imitation of its cry]
