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单词 yellowlegs
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yellowlegs

[ yel-oh-legz ]
/ ˈyɛl oʊˌlɛgz /

noun (used with a singular verb)

either of two American shorebirds having yellow legs, Tringa melanoleuca(greater yellowlegs ) or T. flavipes(lesser yellowlegs ).

Origin of yellowlegs

1765–75, Americanism;yellow + legs

Words nearby yellowlegs

yellow jersey, yellow journalism, Yellowknife, yellow lady's-slipper, yellow lead ore, yellowlegs, yellow light, yellow line, yellow locust, yellow mandarin, yellow metal
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Example sentences from the Web for yellowlegs

  • The Eskimo curlew is decreasing to the danger point, and the Yellowlegs is following.

    Animal Sanctuaries in Labrador|William Wood

British Dictionary definitions for yellowlegs

yellowlegs
/ (ˈjɛləʊˌlɛɡz) /

noun

(functioning as singular) either of two North American sandpipers, Tringa melanoleuca (or Totanus melanoleucus) (greater yellowlegs) or T. flavipes (lesser yellowlegs), having bright yellow legs
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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