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AUSTRALIAN STILT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Australian stilt mean?
• AUSTRALIAN STILT (noun)
The noun AUSTRALIAN STILT has 1 sense:
1. long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia
Familiarity information: AUSTRALIAN STILT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Australian stilt; stilt
Hypernyms ("Australian stilt" is a kind of...):
limicoline bird; shore bird; shorebird (any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Australian stilt"):
banded stilt; Cladorhyncus leucocephalum (web-footed Australian stilt with reddish-brown pectoral markings)
Holonyms ("Australian stilt" is a member of...):
Cladorhyncus; genus Cladorhyncus (one of two genera of stilts; similar to avocets but with straight bills)
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