YELLOWLEGS

yellowlegs

(noun) either of two North American shorebird with yellow legs

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

yellowlegs

plural of yellowleg

Source: Wiktionary


Yel"low*legs`, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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