YELLOWLEGS

Meaning of YELLOWLEGS in English

/yel"oh legz'/ , n. ( used with a sing. v. )

either of two American shorebirds having yellow legs, Tringa melanoleuca (greater yellowlegs) or T. flavipes (lesser yellowlegs) .

[ 1765-75, Amer.; YELLOW + LEGS ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

YELLOWLEGS — noun plural but singular or plural in construction Date: circa 1772 either of two American shorebirds of the sandpiper family …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
YELLOWLEGS — Either of two species (genus Tringa , family Scolopacidae) of shorebirds. They have trim, gray-brown and white streaked bodies; long …
Английский словарь Британика
YELLOWLEGS — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun plural but singular or plural in construction Etymology: yellow (I) + legs, plural of leg : either of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
YELLOWLEGS — (n.) Any one of several species of long-legged sandpipers of the genus Totanus, in which the legs are bright yellow; …
Английский словарь Webster
YELLOWLEGS — ( n. ) Any one of several species of long-legged sandpipers of the genus Totanus, in which the legs are …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
YELLOWLEGS — noun plural but singular or plural in construction Date: circa 1772 : either of two American shorebirds of the sandpiper …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
YELLOWLEGS — noun any one of several species of long-legged sandpipers of the genus totanus, in which the legs are bright yellow; …
Webster English vocab
YELLOWLEGS — ■ noun ( plural same) a migratory sandpiper that resembles the greenshank but has yellowish legs, breeding in northern Canada. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
YELLOWLEGS — [yel.low.legs] n pl but sing or pl in constr (1772): either of two American shorebirds with yellow legs: a: greater …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
YELLOWLEGS — either of two species of American shorebirds with trim, gray-brown and white streaked bodies, long bills, and long, bright yellow …
Britannica English vocabulary
YELLOWLEGS — n. Either of two species (genus Tringa , family Scolopacidae) of shorebirds. They have trim, gray-brown and white streaked bodies; …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
YELLOWLEGS — орнит. - greater yellowlegs - lesser yellowlegs - winter yellowlegs
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
YELLOWLEGS — орнит. - greater yellowlegs - lesser yellowlegs - winter yellowlegs
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
YELLOWLEGS — n. Pronunciation: ' ye-l ō - ˌ legz, ' ye-l ə -, - ˌ l ā gz Function: noun plural …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
LESSER YELLOWLEGS — noun plural but singular or plural in construction Date: circa 1903 a common American marsh and shore bird ( Tringa …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GREATER YELLOWLEGS — noun plural but singular or plural in construction Date: circa 1909 a common North American bird of marsh and shore …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WINTER YELLOWLEGS — noun plural but singular or plural in construction : greater yellowlegs
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SUMMER YELLOWLEGS — noun plural but singular or plural in construction : lesser yellowlegs
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LESSER YELLOWLEGS — noun plural but singular or plural in construction : a yellowlegs ( Totanus flavipes or Tringa flavipes ) that is …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GREATER YELLOWLEGS — noun plural but singular or plural in construction : a common No. American marsh and shore bird ( Tringa melanoleuca …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LESSER YELLOWLEGS. — See under yellowlegs . [ 1900-05 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GREATER YELLOWLEGS. — See under yellowlegs . [ 1925-30 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LESSER YELLOWLEGS — Date: circa 1903 : a common American marsh and shore bird ( Tringa flavipes ) that closely resembles the greater …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GREATER YELLOWLEGS — Date: circa 1909 : a common North American bird of marsh and shore ( Tringa melanoleuca ) that is largely …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LESSER YELLOWLEGS — [lesser yellowlegs] n pl but sing or pl in constr (ca. 1903): a common American marsh and shore bird (Tringa …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GREATER YELLOWLEGS — [greater yellowlegs] n pl but sing or pl in constr (ca. 1909): a common No. American marsh and shorebird (Tringa …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WINTER YELLOWLEGS — см. greater yellowlegs
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
WINTER YELLOWLEGS — см. greater yellowlegs
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
WILLET — noun (plural ~s; also ~) Etymology: imitative Date: 1791 a large American shorebird ( Catoptrophorus semipalmatus ) of the sandpiper …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TATTLER — noun Date: 1550 tattletale , any of various slender long-legged shorebirds (as the willet, yellowlegs, and redshank) of the sandpiper …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WINTER — I. ˈwintə(r) noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TATTLER — any shorebird that is easily alarmed and calls loudly when it senses danger. Broadly, tattlers are birds of the subfamily …
Britannica English vocabulary

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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