Godwit
a wading bird, Limosa melanura, and the genus Limosa generally. They undergo a double moult, having red plumage when young, and then, after moulting, black with a base of white; on the wings also is a white spot.
The female is larger than the male. The godwit occurs in Europe, also in Africa and India.
GOEMOT (gō-ē'mot), or GOEMAGOT (-em'a-got), the giant who dominated Corineus, one of the companions of Brute.
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