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BANDED STILT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does banded stilt mean?
• BANDED STILT (noun)
The noun BANDED STILT has 1 sense:
1. web-footed Australian stilt with reddish-brown pectoral markings
Familiarity information: BANDED STILT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Web-footed Australian stilt with reddish-brown pectoral markings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
banded stilt; Cladorhyncus leucocephalum
Hypernyms ("banded stilt" is a kind of...):
Australian stilt; stilt (long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia)
Holonyms ("banded 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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