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Thesaurus: yellowlegs

Any one of several species of long-legged sandpipers of the genus Totanus, in which the legs are bright yellow; -- called also stone snipe, tattler, telltale, yellowshanks; and yellowshins. See Tattler, 2.

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  1. n. Any one of several species of long-legged sandpipers of the genus Totanus, in which the legs are bright yellow; -- called also stone snipe, tattler, telltale, yellowshanks; and yellowshins. See Tattler, 2.
  2. n. either of two North American shorebird with yellow legs
  3. Any one of several species of long-legged sandpipers of the genus Totanus, in which the legs are bright yellow; -- called also stone snipe, tattler, telltale, yellowshanks; and yellowshins. See Tattler, 2.
  4. Any one of several species of long-legged sandpipers of thegenus Totanus, in which the legs are bright yellow; -- called alsostone snipe, tattler, telltale, yellowshanks; and yellowshins. SeeTattler, 2.
  5. n. either of two North American shorebird with yellow legs