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black-winged stilt
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Noun1.black-winged stilt - stilt of Europe and Africa and Asia having mostly white plumage but with black wingsblack-winged stilt - stilt of Europe and Africa and Asia having mostly white plumage but with black wings
Himantopus himantopus
genus Himantopus, Himantopus - major one of two genera of stilts; similar to avocets but with straight bills
Himantopus stilt, long-legs, longlegs, stilt plover, stiltbird, stilt - long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons
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The ponds were opened up to allow the sea in--an invitation to native shorebirds such as wrybills, pied stilts, bar-tailed godwits and dotterels.
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