Also with unmarked plural. A large sandpiper, Tringa totanus, with long red legs and streaked brown plumage, common and widespread in Eurasia. Also…
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| 释义 | the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Tringa > tringa totanus (red(-)shank) (12) redshank1525 Also with unmarked plural. A large sandpiper, Tringa totanus, with long red legs and streaked brown plumage, common and widespread in Eurasia. Also… redling1655 A red-legged water bird, probably a redshank (Tringa totanus or T. erythropus). Obsolete. rare. pool-snite1661 = pool snipe n. pool snipe1678 the common redshank, Tringa totanus. red-legged horseman1678 = red-legged sandpiper n. red-legged sandpiper1785 a redshank (Tringa totanus or T. erythropus). red-leg1798 In singular and plural. Any of various birds with red or orange legs; esp. the red-legged partridge, Alectoris rufa. sand cock1804 the redshank. snipe1829 Applied to various species of birds resembling the snipe. Chiefly with distinguishing epithets. redshank gambet1840 = sense 1a. teuk1859 The name given in East Anglia, Essex, and Kent to a bird, the Redshank, Totanus calidris. yelper1892 An animal that yelps or gives a sharp shrill cry; also, a person who ‘yelps’, etc. A redshank. |
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