Himantopusn.
Ornithology.
A genus of wading-birds; the stilts.
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Himantopus1753
long-legged plover1766
stilt-plover1779
Longshanks1804
stilt1831
tilt1831
stilt-bird1835
stilt-shank1852
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Himantopus..the name of a water bird, very remarkable for the length and slenderness of its legs.
1779 G. White Let. 7 May in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 259 The flamingo..bears no manner of proportion to the himantopus.
1875 Darwin in Life & Lett. (1887) II. 97 The Himantopus..is very variable in the length of its legs.
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