Usage of "Himantopus stilt"

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Long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons.

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Examples for "longlegs"

Some scientists believe that climate change is making the daddy-longlegs more common here. 
 The Irish Times 

But the sight of countless daddy longlegs scuttling for cover did. 
 Too close to home 

This wreckage is as close as I care to come to a daddy-longlegs. 
 The Guardian 

A big daddy-longlegs scuttled toward a refuge under the pool table. 
 Dayworld 

A daddy longlegs was high-stepping it up my sleeve. 
 Cross Bones 

They had come to an area of scrubby brush on stilt roots. 
 Rain Wild Chronicles 02 - Dragon Haven 

I stepped onto the dock and looked up at the stilt house. 
 Stiltsville: a novel 

And the red land-crabs, on their stilt-like legs, crept nearer and nearer. 
 Plotting in Pirate Seas 

Hundreds have lived in traditional wooden stilt homes by its banks for decades. 
 Reuters 

John Enderby reined up his horse and looked the stilt-walker in the face. 
 John Enderby 

Perhaps the long-legs will define their own fate-andours-regardlessof our wishes. 
 Genellan: planetfall 

From out of the dusk-darkened snowfall came the largest of the long-legs. 
 Genellan: planetfall 

Is it true a full salt bag was rescued by a long-legs? 
 Genellan: planetfall 

Many gave credit to the long-legs for the colony's good fortune. 
 Genellan: planetfall 

He watched helplessly as the long-legs carried away the limp form. 
 Genellan: planetfall 

These birds are of the plover family, and might with propriety be called the stilt plovers. 
 The Natural History of Selborne 

Translations for Himantopus stilt

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Significados de Himantopus stilt en inglés