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    BLACK-WINGED STILT

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Stilt of Europe and Africa and Asia having mostly white plumage but with black wingsplay

    Synonyms:

    black-winged stilt; Himantopus himantopus

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    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("black-winged stilt" is a kind of...):

    Himantopus stilt; long-legs; longlegs; stilt; stilt plover; stiltbird (long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons)

    Holonyms ("black-winged stilt" is a member of...):

    genus Himantopus; Himantopus (major one of two genera of stilts; similar to avocets but with straight bills)

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