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GREATER YELLOWLEGS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does greater yellowlegs mean? 

GREATER YELLOWLEGS (noun)
  The noun GREATER YELLOWLEGS has 1 sense:

1. a variety of yellowlegsplay

  Familiarity information: GREATER YELLOWLEGS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GREATER YELLOWLEGS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A variety of yellowlegs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

greater yellowlegs; Tringa melanoleuca

Hypernyms ("greater yellowlegs" is a kind of...):

yellowlegs (either of two North American shorebird with yellow legs)


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