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REDSHANK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A common Old World wading bird with long red legs
Synonyms:
redshank; Tringa totanus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("redshank" is a kind of...):
sandpiper (any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers)
Holonyms ("redshank" is a member of...):
genus Tringa; Tringa (a genus of Scolopacidae)