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    STILTBIRD

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoonsplay

    Synonyms:

    Himantopus stilt; long-legs; longlegs; stilt; stilt plover; stiltbird

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    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("stiltbird" is a kind of...):

    limicoline bird; shore bird; shorebird (any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stiltbird"):

    black-necked stilt; Himantopus mexicanus (stilt of southwestern United States to northern South America having black plumage extending from the head down the back of the neck)

    black-winged stilt; Himantopus himantopus (stilt of Europe and Africa and Asia having mostly white plumage but with black wings)

    Himantopus himantopus leucocephalus; white-headed stilt (stilt of the southwest Pacific including Australia and New Zealand having mostly white plumage but with black wings and nape of neck)

    Himantopus novae-zelandiae; kaki (blackish stilt of New Zealand sometimes considered a color phase of the white-headed stilt)

    Holonyms ("stiltbird" 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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