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yellowlegs
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun yellowlegs has 1 sense
- yellowlegs(n = noun.animal) - either of two North American shorebird with yellow legs; is a kind of sandpiper
is a member of genus tringa, tringa
has particulars: greater yellowlegs, tringa melanoleuca, lesser yellowlegs, tringa flavipes
CIDE DICTIONARY
yellowlegs, n.
Any one of several species of long-legged sandpipers of the genus Totanus , in which the legs are bright yellow; -- called also stone snipe , tattler , telltale , yellowshanks ; and yellowshins . See Tattler, 2. [1913 Webster]
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