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yellowlegs
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yellowlegs, n.
Any one of several species of long-legged sandpipers of the genus Totanus , in which the legs are bright yellow; -- called also stone snipe , tattler , telltale , yellowshanks ; and yellowshins . See Tattler, 2. [1913 Webster]
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