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红脚鹬
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Redshank \Red"shank`\ (r?d"sh?nk`), n.
1. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) 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}.
(b) The fieldfare.
2. A bare-legged person; -- a contemptuous appellation
formerly given to the Scotch Highlanders, in allusion to
their bare legs. --Spenser.
资料来源 : WordNet®
redshank
n : a common Old World wading bird with long red legs [syn: {Tringa
totanus}]