The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Willet \Wil"let\, n. (Zool.)
   A large North American snipe (Symphemia semipalmata); --
   called also pill-willet, will-willet, semipalmated
   tattler, or snipe, duck snipe, and stone curlew.
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   Carolina willet, the Hudsonian godwit.
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