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nounlong-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoonstype of:
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nounlong-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia
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nouna column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
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"he was so tall I thought he was on stilts"nounone of two stout poles with foot rests in the middle; used for walking high above the groundtype of:
Definition that contains stilt
- himantopus himantopus leucocephalus stilt of the southwest Pacific including Australia and New Zealand having mostly white plumage but with black wings and nape of neck
- himantopus himantopus stilt of Europe and Africa and Asia having mostly white plumage but with black wings
- 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
- black-necked stilt stilt of southwestern United States to northern South America having black plumage extending from the head down the back of the neck
- 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 stilt of Europe and Africa and Asia having mostly white plumage but with black wings