YELLOWLEGS


Meaning of YELLOWLEGS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈye-lō-ˌlegz, ˈye-lə-, -ˌlāgz ]

noun plural but singular or plural in construction

Date: circa 1772

: either of two American shorebirds of the sandpiper family with yellow legs:

a. : greater yellowlegs

b. : lesser yellowlegs

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.