Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Godwit \God"wit\, n. [Prob. from AS. g?d good + wiht creature,
   wight.] (Zo["o]l.)
   One of several species of long-billed, wading birds of the
   genus {Limosa}, and family {Tringid[ae]}. The European
   black-tailed godwit ({Limosa limosa}), the American marbled
   godwit ({L. fedoa}), the Hudsonian godwit ({L.
   h[ae]mastica}), and others, are valued as game birds. Called
   also {godwin}.