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Yellowlegs

Yellowlegs Meaning & Definition
Yellowlegs Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Yellowlegs?

[n] either of two North American shorebird with yellow legs

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See Also | genus Tringa | greater yellowlegs | lesser yellowlegs | sandpiper | Tringa | Tringa flavipes | Tringa melanoleuca

Yellowlegs In Webster's Dictionary

\Yel"low*legs`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) 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.

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