Home › Words › Y › yarwhelpyarwhelpyarwhelp means godwit, a type of bird.EtymologyPerhaps related to Old English hwilpa, Scots whaup and Dutch wulp (“curlew”).noungodwit, a type of bird.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.yarwip 86% match — godwit, a type of bird. vs yarwhelp →blackwit 73% match — the black-tailed godwit. vs yarwhelp →barwit 73% match — The bar-tailed godwit. vs yarwhelp →yarwhip 72% match — The bar-tailed godwit, Limosa lapponica vs yarwhelp →godwit 71% match — Any of four species of long-billed migratory wading birds in the genus Limosa, of the family Scolopacidae. vs yarwhelp →hudwit 68% match — A Hudsonian godwit. vs yarwhelp →titterel 66% match — A bird, the whimbrel. vs yarwhelp →whaup 66% match — The curlew, Numenius arquata. vs yarwhelp →