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godwit

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Let’s say 600g Bar-tailed Godwit goes on 13500 km flight and spends very optimistic 200g of fat.

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Quick take

Any of four species of long-billed migratory wading birds in the genus Limosa, of the family Scolopacidae.

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noun

Any of four species of long-billed migratory wading birds in the genus Limosa, of the family Scolopacidae.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for godwit.

noun

Any of four species of long-billed migratory wading birds in the genus Limosa, of the family Scolopacidae.

Example sentences

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Let’s say 600g Bar-tailed Godwit goes on 13500 km flight and spends very optimistic 200g of fat.

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The current recorded longest continous bird flight is that of a bar-tailed godwit which has flown from Alaska to Tasmania.

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So Godwit still needs to be very efficient glider, or, what is more likely also knows how to use winds and updrafts.

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According to Wikipedia a godwit weighs ~0.5kg and it flew 7000 miles.

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I don't know if this is true of the godwit or not.

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What this calculation shows is what glide ratio Godwit must have if it spends 1/3 of its body weight very efficiently to gain altitude and reaches destination in completely calm air.

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And the godwit fits into this weight budget the energy storage, propulsion, navigation, landing gear, and facilities to reproduce, and facilities to extract energy from stuff found in nature.

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Albatrosses on the other hand do employ dynamic soaring and fly even greater distances than Godwit does (they can circumnavigate the Southern Ocean several times) although albatrosses have additional advantage of being able to use water for rest (Godwits cannot).

Quote examples

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This particular bird (Bar-tailed Godwit) has never been observed to "dynamically soar" nor does it have the proper wing shape for that type of flight.

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I agree with you that "bar-tailed godwit" is an invitation to dumb internet jokes (a couple popped into my mind as soon as I saw that), but so far the thread is mercifully free of them.

Proper noun examples

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Over the course of 11 days, B6, a young Bar-tailed Godwit, flew from its hatching ground in Alaska to its wintering ground in Tasmania, covering 8,425 miles without taking a single break...

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How do you use godwit in a sentence?

Let’s say 600g Bar-tailed Godwit goes on 13500 km flight and spends very optimistic 200g of fat.

What does godwit mean?

Any of four species of long-billed migratory wading birds in the genus Limosa, of the family Scolopacidae.

What part of speech is godwit?

godwit is commonly used as noun.