yellowlegs
n . 黄足鹞
黄足鹞
yellowlegs n 1 :
either of two North American shorebird with yellow legs Tattler \
Tat "
tler \,
n .
1 .
One who tattles ;
an idle talker ;
one who tells tales .
--
Jer .
Taylor .
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2 . (
Zool .)
Any one of several species of large ,
long -
legged sandpipers belonging to the genus {
Totanus }.
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Note :
The common American species are the greater tattler ,
or telltale ({
Totanus melanoleucus }),
the smaller tattler ,
or lesser yellowlegs ({
Totanus flavipes }),
the solitary tattler ({
Totanus solitarius }),
and the semipalmated tattler ,
or willet .
The first two are called also {
telltale }, {
telltale spine }, {
telltale tattler },
{
yellowlegs }, {
yellowshanks },
and {
yelper .}
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Yellowlegs \
Yel "
low *
legs `\,
n . (
Zool .)
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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