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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Mar·lin n. Zool. The American great marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa). Applied also to the red-breasted godwit (Limosa haematica).
 Hook-billed marlin, a curlew.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Spike·bill n. Zool. (a) The hooded merganser. (b) The marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa).
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 God·wit n.  Zool. One of several species of long-billed, wading birds of the genus Limosa, and family Tringidæ. The European black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa), the American marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa), the Hudsonian godwit (Limosa hæmastica), and others, are valued as game birds.  Called also godwin.
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