redshank
Noun
Meaning
The fieldfare.
A common Old World limicoline bird (Totanus calidris), having the legs and feet pale red. The spotted redshank (T. fuscus) is larger, and has orange-red legs. Called also redshanks, redleg, and clee.
A bare-legged person; -- a contemptuous appellation formerly given to the Scotch Highlanders, in allusion to their bare legs.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
tringa totanus
ruff
snipe
sandpiper
magpie
herbalist
knot
stint
phalarope
shorebird
godwit
jacksnipe
sanderling
dunlin
fieldfare
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