1) Aid for an overhead view 2) Artificial leg 3) Artificial leg extender 4) Avian wader 5) Avocet 6) Beach house support 7) Beach house support post 8) Beach-house piling 9) Beach-house support 10) Bird with a leg extended 11) Bird, small cock 12) Certain house supporter 13) Certain support 14) Chamberlain epithet
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1) Longlegs 2) Piling 3) Shorebird 4) Spile 5) Stiltbird
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Stilt is a common name for several species of birds in the family Recurvirostridae, which also includes those known as avocets. They are found in brackish or saline wetlands in warm or hot climates. They have extremely long legs, hence the group name, and long thin bills. Stilts typically feed on aquatic insects and other small creatures and nest ...
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[journal] The Stilt (ISSN 0726-1888) is the journal of the Australasian Wader Studies Group (AWSG), a special interest group of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, also known as Birds Australia. It was first issued in 1981. ...
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• (n.) Any species of limicoline birds belonging to Himantopus and allied genera, in which the legs are remarkably long and slender. Called also longshanks, stiltbird, stilt plover, and lawyer. • (n.) A crutch; also, the handle of a plow. • (v. t.) To raise on stilts, or as if on stilts. • (n.) A pole, or piece of wood, construc...
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any of certain species of shorebirds belonging to the family Recurvirostridae (order Charadriiformes), characterized by long thin legs and a long ... [1 related articles]
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one of a pair of poles with footrests, used for walking. Stilts were originally designed for use in crossing rivers and marshes. As a means of ...
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1. A pole, or piece of wood, constructed with a step or loop to raise the foot above the ground in walking. It is sometimes lashed to the leg, and sometimes prolonged upward so as to be steadied by the hand or arm. 'Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.' (Landor) ... 2. A crutch; also, the handle of a plow. ... 3. <ornithology> Any s...
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Stilt noun [ Middle English
stilte ; akin to Danish
stylte , Swedish
stylta , LG. & Dutch
stelt , Old High German
stelza , German
stelze , and perhaps to English
stout .]
1. A pole, or piece of wood, constructed with a step or loop to raise th...
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Stilt transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Stilted ;
present participle & verbal noun Stilting .] To raise on stilts, or as if on stilts.
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The stilt (Himantopus) is a genus of extremely long-legged wading birds found in marshes of the sandpiper group related to the avocets. The first toe is absent and the other three are slightly webbed. The bill is elongated, and is slightly curved up at the tip, while the slit-like nostrils are placed at its base. They breed in southern Europe, Afri...
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n] - one of two stout poles with foot rests in the middle 2. [n] - long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia 3. [n] - long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons
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long-legs noun long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons
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noun one of two stout poles with foot rests in the middle; used for walking high above the ground; `he was so tall I thought he was on stilts`
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one of two poles, each with a support for the foot at some distance above the bottom end, enabling the wearer to walk with his or her feet above the ground. · one of several posts supporting a structure built above the surface of land or water. · a three-armed support for an object being fired. · any of several white-and-black wad...
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