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9 words match “REDSHANK”

REDSHANK n. 3 definitions
World limicoline bird (Totanus calidris), having the legs and feet pale red. The spotted redshank (T. fuscus) is larger, and has orange-red legs. Called also redshanks, redleg, and clee.
BARKER n.
The spotted redshank.
CLEE n.
The redshank.
PELLILE n.
The redshank; -- so called from its note. [Prov. Eng.]
POOL n.
s used in playing the game at billiards called pool. -- Pool snipe (Zoöl.), the European redshank. [Prov. Eng.] -- Pool table, a billiard table with pockets.
REDLEG; REDLEGS n.
The redshank.
SAND n.
e madreporic tubercle. It appears to be excretory in function. -- Sand cock (Zoöl.), the redshank. [Prov. Eng.] -- Sand collar. (Zoöl.) Same as Sand saucer, below. -- Sand crab. (Zoöl.) (a) The lady crab. (b) A land crab, or ocypodian. -- Sand crack (Far.), a crack extending downward from the coronet, in the wall of…
SHAKE n.
The redshank; -- so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground. [Prov. Eng.] No great shakes, of no great importance. [Slang] Byron. -- The shakes, the fever and ague. [Colloq. U.S.]
TEUK n.
The redshank. [Prov. Eng.]