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Long-legs   /lɔŋ-lɛgz/   Listen
Long-legs

noun
1.
Long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons.  Synonyms: Himantopus stilt, longlegs, stilt, stilt plover, stiltbird.






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"Long-legs" Quotes from Famous Books



... interrogation. Mr. Greeley divines the question before it is finished, and answers it pithily and quickly. The pen is then snatched from his mouth, dexterously dipped into his inkstand, and his fingers again travel across his transverse sheet of foolscap like a 'daddy-long-legs' caught in a storm. If his questioner is importunate, and insists on wasting his time, he continues his writing, never looking up, and either answers absent-mindedly, or in a low, impatient tone, tinged with a peculiar boyish nervousness. If his visitor ...
— Lights and Shadows of New York Life - or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City • James D. McCabe



Words linked to "Long-legs" :   Himantopus himantopus, black-necked stilt, Himantopus novae-zelandiae, genus Himantopus, longlegs, shorebird, Himantopus himantopus leucocephalus, stiltbird, Himantopus mexicanus, stilt plover, Himantopus stilt, stilt, limicoline bird, white-headed stilt, shore bird, Himantopus, kaki, black-winged stilt



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