noun
long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons
• Syn: ↑stilt, ↑stiltbird, ↑long-legs, ↑stilt plover, ↑Himantopus stilt
• Hypernyms: ↑shorebird, ↑shore bird, ↑limicoline bird
• Hyponyms:
↑black-necked stilt, ↑Himantopus mexicanus, ↑black-winged stilt, ↑Himantopus himantopus, ↑white-headed stilt, ↑Himantopus himantopus leucocephalus, ↑kaki, ↑Himantopus novae-zelandiae
• Member Holonyms: ↑Himantopus, ↑genus Himantopus
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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun plural but singular or plural in construction1. : stilt
2. : daddy longlegs
Useful english dictionary. 2012.