Get Affordable VMs - excellent virtual server hosting


browse words by letter
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

yellowlegsmore about yellowlegs

yellowlegs


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Yellowlegs  \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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tattler  \Tat"tler\,  n. 
  1.  One  who  tattles;  an  idle  talker;  one  who  tells  tales. 
  --Jer.  Taylor. 
 
  2.  (Zo["o]l.)  Any  one  of  several  species  of  large 
  long-legged  sandpipers  belonging  to  the  genus  {Totanus}. 
 
  Note:  The  common  American  species  are  the  greater  tattler,  or 
  telltale  ({T.  melanoleucus}),  the  smaller  tattler,  or 
  lesser  yellowlegs  ({T.  flavipes}),  the  solitary  tattler 
  ({T.  solitarius}),  and  the  semipalmated  tattler,  or 
  willet.  The  first  two  are  called  also  {telltale}, 
  {telltale  spine},  {telltale  tattler},  {yellowlegs}, 
  {yellowshanks},  and  {yelper.} 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  yellowlegs 
  n  :  either  of  two  North  American  shorebird  with  yellow  legs 




more about yellowlegs