BLACK-WINGED STILT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does black-winged stilt mean? 

• BLACK-WINGED STILT (noun)
  The noun BLACK-WINGED STILT has 1 sense:

1. stilt of Europe and Africa and Asia having mostly white plumage but with black wings

  Familiarity information: BLACK-WINGED STILT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLACK-WINGED STILT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Stilt of Europe and Africa and Asia having mostly white plumage but with black wings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

black-winged stilt; Himantopus himantopus

Hypernyms ("black-winged stilt" is a kind of...):

Himantopus stilt; long-legs; longlegs; stilt; stilt plover; stiltbird (long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons)

Holonyms ("black-winged stilt" is a member of...):

genus Himantopus; Himantopus (major one of two genera of stilts; similar to avocets but with straight bills)