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redshank (n)
a common Old World wading bird with long red legs
redshank (n.)
A common Old World limicoline bird (Totanus calidris), having the legs and feet pale red. The spotted redshank (T. fuscus) is larger, and has orange-red legs. Called also redshanks, redleg, and clee.
The fieldfare.
A bare-legged person; -- a contemptuous appellation formerly given to the Scotch Highlanders, in allusion to their bare legs.
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redshank
a common Old World wading bird with long red legsA common Old World limicoline bird (Totanus calidris), having the legs and feet pale red. The spotted redshank
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red-shafted flicker => Red-shafted flicker, redsear => Redsear, redroot => redroot, red-rimmed => red-rimmed, red-riband => Red ribbon,