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redshank

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Noun
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red=shank

CIDE DICTIONARY

redshankn. 
  •  A common Old World limicoline bird (Totanus calidris), having the legs and feet pale red. The spotted redshank (Totanus fuscus) is larger, and has orange-red legs. Called also redshanks, redleg, and clee.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A bare-legged person; -- a contemptuous appellation formerly given to the Scotch Highlanders, in allusion to their bare legs.  Spenser.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

redshank, n. either of two sandpipers, Tringa totanus and T. erythropus, with bright-red legs.


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