Scammel

Scammel
Scamell Scam"ell, or Scammel Scam"mel, n. (Zo["o]l.) The female bar-tailed godwit. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]

Note: Whether this is the scamel mentioned by Shakespeare [``Tempest,'' ii. 2] is not known. [1913 Webster]


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