willet · noun1
Onomatopoeic, from the bird's cry ("pill-will-willet").
Willet · proper noun2
Variant of Willett. From a medieval diminutive form of the given name Will.
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willet
Today it means: Tringa semipalmata (or formerly Catoptrophorus semipalmatus), a large shorebird in the family Scolopacidae. Full definition →