Noun | 1. | genus Cladorhyncus - one of two genera of stilts; similar to avocets but with straight bills bird genus - a genus of birds Charadrii, suborder Charadrii - shorebirds: plovers; sandpipers; avocets; phalaropes; coursers; stone curlews Australian stilt, stilt - long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia banded stilt, Cladorhyncus leucocephalum - web-footed Australian stilt with reddish-brown pectoral markings |