GREATER YELLOWLEGS

Meaning of GREATER YELLOWLEGS in English

[greater yellowlegs] n pl but sing or pl in constr (ca. 1909): a common No. American marsh and shorebird (Tringa melanoleuca) that is largely gray above and white below with black or dark gray flecks and yellow legs--compare lesser yellowlegs

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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
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
GREATER YELLOWLEGS. — See under yellowlegs . [ 1925-30 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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
GREATER YELLOWLEGS — Function: noun plural but singular or plural in construction Date: circa 1909 : a common No. American bird of marsh …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
GREATER YELLOWLEGS — пёстрый улит (Tringa melanoleuca)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
GREATER YELLOWLEGS — пёстрый улит ( Tringa melanoleuca )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
GREATER — mas bantugan;mas daghan;mas dungganan;mas halangdon
English-Visayan vocabulary
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
GREATER — adjective Usage: often capitalized Etymology: comparative of great Date: 1882 consisting of a central city together with adjacent areas that …
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
GREATER — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Antilles Greater and Lesser {{link=Greater Manchester">Greater Manchester
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
GREATER — adjective Etymology: from comp. of great (I) 1. music , obsolete : major 2. usually capitalized , of a political …
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 — /yel"oh legz'/ , n. ( used with a sing. v. ) either of two American shorebirds having yellow legs, Tringa …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GREATER — /gray"teuhr/ , adj. designating a city or country and its adjacent area: Greater New York; Greater Los Angeles. [ 1570-80; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GREATER — adj. larger in size or space; of more importance
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
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
GREATER — adjective Usage: often capitalized Etymology: comparative of great Date: 1882 : consisting of a central city together with adjacent areas …
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
GREATER — [great.er] adj, often cap [compar. of great] (1882): consisting of a central city together with adjacent areas that are naturally …
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
GREATER — 1. Greater is the comparative of great . 2. Greater is used with the name of a large city to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GREATER — 1. Greater is the comparative of great . 2. Greater is used with the name of a large city to …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
GREATER — [adjective] [before noun; not gradable]Greater is used before names of some cities to refer to both the city itself and …
Cambridge English vocab
YELLOWLEGS — n. Either of two species (genus Tringa , family Scolopacidae) of shorebirds. They have trim, gray-brown and white streaked bodies; …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
GREATER — adj. Greater London Antilles Greater and Lesser Greater Manchester
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
GREATER — Synonyms and related words : a cut above, above, ahead, ascendant, better, capping, chosen, distinguished, eclipsing, eminent, exceeding, excellent, excelling, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
GREATER — adj. Function: adjective 1 Synonyms: BEST , better, ||bettermost, largest, most 2 Synonyms: SUPERIOR 1, higher, over, overlying, superincumbent, superjacent
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
GREATER — adjective 1. Synonyms: best , better, ||bettermost, largest, most 2. Synonyms: superior 1, higher, over, overlying, superincumbent, superjacent
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
GREATER — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
GREATER — adj. Greater is used with these nouns: ↑ acceptance , ↑ access , ↑ accountability , ↑ autonomy , ↑ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
GREATER — See ↑ MORE 4,6
Longman Activator English vocab
GREATER — прил. 1) сравн. от great 1. for the greater part ≈ по большей части 2) большой (в геогр. названиях, напр. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GREATER — a 1. compar от great 2. больший for the greater part - большей частью 3. (Greater) большой ( в географических, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
GREATER — 1) более значительный 2) больше 3) больший • by order of magnitude greater — на порядок больше greater than or equal to — больше или …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
GREATER — больше больший большой, вящий большой (в геогр. названиях, напр.: Greater London, Greater New York)
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
GREATER — a 1. compar от great 2. больший for the ~ part - большей частью 3. (Greater) большой ( в географических, …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
GREATER — a 1. compar от great 2. больший for the greater part - большей частью 3. (Greater) большой ( в географических, …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
GREATER — прил. 1) сравн. ст. от great 1. for the greater part — по большей части 2) большой ( в геогр. …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
GREATER — прил. 1) сравн. ст. от great 1. for the greater part — по большей части 2) большой (в геогр. названиях) Greater London — Большой …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
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
GREATER — _a. 1> _comp. of great 1 2> большой (в геогр. названиях, напр.: Greater London, Greater New York)
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
GREATER — a. 1. comp. of great 1 2. большой (в геогр. названиях, напр.: Greater London, Greater New York)
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
GREATER — больше больший большой, вящий большой (в геогр. названиях, напр.: Greater London, Greater New York)
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
GREATER — _a. 1> _comp. от great 1; 2> большой (в _геогр. названиях, напр.: Greater London, Greater New York)
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
GREATER — прил. 1) сравн. от great 1. for the greater part ≈ по большей части 2) большой (в геогр. названиях, напр. …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
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
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
LESSER YELLOWLEGS. — See under yellowlegs . [ 1900-05 ]
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
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
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

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