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redshank

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red·shank  (rdshngk)
n.
An Old World wading bird (Tringa totanus) having long red legs.
redshank [ˈrɛdˌʃæŋk]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) either of two large common European sandpipers, Tringa totanus or T. erythropus (spotted redshank), having red legs
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Noun1.redshank - a common Old World wading bird with long red legsredshank - a common Old World wading bird with long red legs
Tringa totanus
sandpiper - any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers
genus Tringa, Tringa - a genus of Scolopacidae
Translations
redshank [ˈredʃæŋk] N → archibebe m
redshank [ˈrɛdˌʃæŋk] n (Zool) → pettegola
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