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An Old World wading bird (Tringa totanus) having long red legs.

redshank [ˈrɛdˌʃæŋk]

(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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Noun

redshank - 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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Bird Clee genus Tringa Pellile Pool snipe red Sand cock sandpiper Teuk Tringa Tringa totanus			Beyond the garden other birds to see include two North American long-billed dowitchers at Connah's Quay NR, where up to 13 spotted redshanks and 5,000 black-tailed godwits feed. bird notes by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) Wetland birds such as lapwings and redshanks depend on soft damp soils to probe for worms and leatherjackets. Pooling ideas to entice wildlife; NATURE: Farmer in project to bring ... by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England) Already 30 pairs of lapwings, several pairs of redshanks and three pairs of snipe are using the rejuvenated wetland, along with shovelers and yellow wagtails. Wet and wild by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)			redone redouble redoubled Redoubt redoubtable Redoubted Redoubting redound redout redowa redox Redpole redpoll redraft redraw redress Redressal Redresser Redressible Redressive Redressless Redressment redroot Redsear redshank redshanks redshift redshirt redshouldered hawk redskin redstart redstem storksbill Redstreak Redtail Redthroat redtop Redub reduce reduced reduced charge reduced instruction set computer reduced instruction set computing Reduced iron reduced level reduced lighting reduced operational status reduced-emission reduced-fat milk Reducement Reducent reducer			Redressless Redressment Redressment redressor redressor redressors redressors redrew redrew Redridge Mountains REDRL redroot redroot REDRP Redruth Redruthite Redruthite Reds Reds Reds Reds Reds Reds REDSAF Redsear REDSG redshank redshank Redshank (plant) Redshank (plant) redshanks redshift redshift Redshift Factor Redshifted Redshifted Redshifts Redshifts redshirt redshirt redshirted redshirting redshirts redshouldered hawk Redside shiner Redskin Redskin (slang) Redskins REDSO REDSO/ESA Redspotted Grouper Nervous Necrosis Virus REDSSACI REDSTAR redstart redstart redstarts redstarts redstem storksbill Redstone Redstone Area Minority Employees Association

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