A genus of wading-birds; the stilts.
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释义 | the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > family Recurvirostridae > genus Himantopus (stilt) (8) Himantopus1753 A genus of wading-birds; the stilts. long-legged plover1766 a stilt (genus Himantopus). stilt-plover1779 = sense 5. Longshanks1804 A wading bird of the genus Himantopus; a stilt. stilt1831 Any bird of the widely-distributed genus Himantopus, characterized by very long slender legs and slender sharp bills, and inhabiting marshes; a… tilt1831 The stilt or long-legged plover of North America. Cf. tilt-up, n. 2. stilt-bird1835 (a) = sense 5; (b) any long-legged wading bird, a grallatorial bird. stilt-shank1852 = sense 5. |
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