[So called from its cry, pill-will-willet.] A North American bird of the snipe family, Symphemia semipalmata.
1862. Coues & Prentiss, in Rep. Smithsonian Inst., 1861, 416.
1893. Outing (U.S.), XXII. 94/1. Curlew, willet, plover and other beach birds swarm upon the flats in the spring, summer and fall months.
