greater yellowlegs.
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greater yellowlegs — n. see YELLOWLEGS * * * … Universalium
greater yellowlegs — n. see YELLOWLEGS … English World dictionary
Greater Yellowlegs — Taxobox name = Greater Yellowlegs status = LC status system = iucn3.1 status ref = IUCN2007|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=49056|title=Tringa melanoleuca|downloaded=30 July 2007 Database entry includes justification for why this… … Wikipedia
greater yellowlegs — noun a variety of yellowlegs • Syn: ↑Tringa melanoleuca • Hypernyms: ↑yellowlegs * * * noun plural but singular or plural in construction : a common No. American marsh and shore bird (Tringa melanoleuca) of the family Scolopacidae largely gray… … Useful english dictionary
greater yellowlegs — margasis tulikas statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Tringa melanoleuca angl. greater yellowlegs vok. Großer Gelbschenkel, m rus. пёстрый улит, m pranc. grand chevalier, m ryšiai: platesnis terminas – tulikai … Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas
greater yellowlegs — noun plural but singular or plural in construction Date: circa 1909 a common North American bird of marsh and shore (Tringa melanoleuca) that is largely gray above and white below with black or dark gray flecks and yellow legs compare lesser… … New Collegiate Dictionary
greater yellowlegs — noun A shorebird of North America characterized by its yellow legs, scientific name Tringa melanoleuca. See Also: lesser yellowlegs … Wiktionary
greater yellowlegs — great′er yel′lowlegs n. orn See under yellowlegs • Etymology: 1925–30 … From formal English to slang
greater yellowlegs. — See under yellowlegs. [1925 30] … Useful english dictionary
yellowlegs — ☆ yellowlegs [yel′ō legz΄] n. pl. yellowlegs either of two large, gray and white sandpipers, the greater yellowlegs ( Tringa melanoleuca) or the lesser yellowlegs ( T. flavipes), having long, yellow legs, found in North and South America … English World dictionary
