ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
1.
a. : redshank
b. : turnstone
c. : red-legged partridge
d. Wales : purple sandpiper
2. : a bacterial disease of frogs that is especially destructive when numbers of them are kept together
3.
a. usually capitalized
[so called from the red leggings worn]
: a guerrilla raider of pro-secessionist territory especially in Missouri during the Civil War — compare bushwhacker c
b. often capitalized
[so called from the red piping formerly worn on the legs by United States artillerymen]
: artilleryman