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n. An Old World wading bird (Tringa totanus) having long red legs.

n. Either of two species of Old World wading bird in the genus Tringa that have long red legs.

n. A bare-legged person; one of the Scottish Highlanders, who wore kilts.

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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.

n. The fieldfare.

n. A bare-legged person; -- a contemptuous appellation formerly given to the Scotch Highlanders, in allusion to their bare legs.

n. The fieldfare, Turdus pilaris.

n. A wading bird of the family Scolopacidæ and genus Totanus, having red shanks.

n. The hooded or black-headed gull, Chroïcocephalus ridibundus: so called from its red legs: more fully called redshank gull and red-legged gull or mew.

n. plural A name given in contempt to Scottish Highlanders, and formerly to native Irish, in allusion to their dress leaving the legs exposed.

n. a common Old World wading bird with long red legs

"A hooded crow, large and muscular beside the smaller waders, stabs its way through the pile, not once bothering to look up, while a single redshank steps daintily across the weed's surface in search of a likely area to pick over."

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redshanks    redleg    clee