出典:Wiktionary
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2026/05/02 20:54 UTC 版)
Onomatopoeic, from the bird's cry ("pill-will-willet").
willet (plural willets)
出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/05/18 13:36 UTC 版)
The Willet, Tringa semipalmata (formerly in the monotypic genus Catoptrophorus, as Catoptrophorus semipalmatus), is a large shorebird in the sandpiper family. It is a good-sized and stout scolopacid, the largest of the shanks. Its closest relative is the Lesser Yellowlegs, a much smaller bird with a very different appearance apart from the fine, clear and dense pattern of the neck which both species show in breeding plumage.