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YELLOWLEGS

• YELLOWLEGS (noun)
The noun YELLOWLEGS has 1 sense:

1. either of two North American shorebird with yellow legs

Familiarity information: YELLOWLEGS used as a noun is very rare.

• YELLOWLEGS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Either of two North American shorebird with yellow legs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

sandpiper (any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers)

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

greater yellowlegs; Tringa melanoleuca; lesser yellowlegs; Tringa flavipes (a variety of yellowlegs)

Holonyms ("yellowlegs" is a member of...):

genus Tringa; Tringa (a genus of Scolopacidae)

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Useful links:
Definition of greater yellowlegs
Definition of genus Tringa
Definition of Tringa
Definition of Tringa flavipes
Definition of Tringa melanoleuca

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