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AUSTRALIAN STILT
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia
Synonyms:
Australian stilt; stilt
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Australian stilt" is a kind of...):
limicoline bird; shore bird; shorebird (any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Australian stilt"):
banded stilt; Cladorhyncus leucocephalum (web-footed Australian stilt with reddish-brown pectoral markings)
Holonyms ("Australian stilt" is a member of...):
Cladorhyncus; genus Cladorhyncus (one of two genera of stilts; similar to avocets but with straight bills)
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