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YELLOWLEGS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Either of two North American shorebird with yellow legs
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("yellowlegs" is a kind of...):
sandpiper (any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "yellowlegs"):
greater yellowlegs; Tringa melanoleuca; lesser yellowlegs; Tringa flavipes (a variety of yellowlegs)
Holonyms ("yellowlegs" is a member of...):
genus Tringa; Tringa (a genus of Scolopacidae)
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