English > longlegs: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons. |
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| Synonyms | stilt, stiltbird, long-legs, stilt plover, Himantopus stilt |
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| Member of | Himantopus, genus Himantopus | major one of two genera of stilts |
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| Narrower | black-necked stilt, Himantopus mexicanus | stilt of southwestern United States to northern South America having black plumage extending from the head down the back of the neck |
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| black-winged stilt, Himantopus himantopus | stilt of Europe and Africa and Asia having mostly white plumage but with black wings |
| kaki, Himantopus novae-zelandiae | blackish stilt of New Zealand sometimes considered a color phase of the white-headed stilt |
| white-headed stilt, Himantopus himantopus leucocephalus | stilt of the southwest Pacific including Australia and New Zealand having mostly white plumage but with black wings and nape of neck |
| Broader | shorebird, shore bird, limicoline bird | Any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries |
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| Spanish | cigüeñela, cigüeñuela, himantopus, longlegs, stiltbird |
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| Catalan | himantopus, longlegs, stiltbird |
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