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redshank |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Redshank \Red"shank`\ (r?d"sh?nk`), n. 1. (Zo["o]l.) a 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}. b The fieldfare. 2. A bare-legged person; -- a contemptuous appellation formerly given to the Scotch Highlanders, in allusion to their bare legs. --Spenser. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: redshank n : a common Old World wading bird with long red legs [syn: {Tringa totanus}]
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