What is the female bar-tailed godwit. [Prov. Eng.] Note: Whether this is the scamel mentioned by Shakespeare ["Tempest," ii. 2] is not known called?
scammel — The female bar-tailed godwit. [Prov. Eng.] Note: Whether this is the scamel mentioned by Shakespeare ["Tempest," ii. 2] is not known. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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