yellowlegs

yel·low·legs

Y0015000 (yĕl′ō-lĕgz′)n. pl. yellowlegs Either of two shorebirds (Tringa melanoleuca or T. flavipes) found throughout the Americas and having long yellow legs and a narrow bill.

yellowlegs

(ˈjɛləʊˌlɛɡz) n (Animals) (functioning as singular) either of two North American sandpipers, Tringa melanoleuca (or Totanus melanoleucus) (greater yellowlegs) or T. flavipes (lesser yellowlegs), having bright yellow legs

yel•low•legs

(ˈyɛl oʊˌlɛgz)

n. (used with a sing. v.) either of two large New World sandpipers having yellow legs, Tringa melanoleuca (greater yellowlegs) or T. flavipes (lesser yellowlegs). [1765–75]

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yellowlegs - either of two North American shorebird with yellow legssandpiper - any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the ploversgenus Tringa, Tringa - a genus of Scolopacidaegreater yellowlegs, Tringa melanoleuca - a variety of yellowlegslesser yellowlegs, Tringa flavipes - a variety of yellowlegs