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Redshank   Listen
noun
Redshank  n.  
1.
(Zool.)
(a)
A common Old World limicoline bird (Totanus calidris), having the legs and feet pale red. The spotted redshank (Totanus fuscus) is larger, and has orange-red legs. Called also redshanks, redleg, and clee.
(b)
The fieldfare.
2.
A bare-legged person; a contemptuous appellation formerly given to the Scotch Highlanders, in allusion to their bare legs.





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Words linked to "Redshank" :   sandpiper, Tringa, genus Tringa, Tringa totanus


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