Major one of two genera of stilts; similar to avocets but with straight bills.
Sinônimos
Examples for "stilt"
Examples for "stilt"
1They had come to an area of scrubby brush on stilt roots.
2I stepped onto the dock and looked up at the stilt house.
3And the red land-crabs, on their stilt-like legs, crept nearer and nearer.
4Hundreds have lived in traditional wooden stilt homes by its banks for decades.
5John Enderby reined up his horse and looked the stilt-walker in the face.
1The Himantopus, remarkable from the wonderful length of its legs, is VERY variable in the length of its legs.
2The kind of plover, which appears as if mounted on stilts (Himantopus nigricollis), is here common in flocks of considerable size.
Translations for himantopus