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redshank

Noun

red=shank

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redshank(n = noun.animal) tringa totanus - a common Old World wading bird with long red legs; Array

is a kind of sandpiper

is a member of genus tringa, tringa

redshank, n.

A common Old World limicoline bird (Totanus calidris), having the legs and feet pale red. The spotted redshank (Totanus fuscus) is larger, and has orange-red legs. Called also redshanks, redleg, and clee. [1913 Webster]
A bare-legged person; -- a contemptuous appellation formerly given to the Scotch Highlanders, in allusion to their bare legs. Spenser. [1913 Webster]

redshank, n. either of two sandpipers, Tringa totanus and T. erythropus, with bright-red legs.

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