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HIMANTOPUS STILT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Himantopus stilt mean? 

HIMANTOPUS STILT (noun)
  The noun HIMANTOPUS STILT has 1 sense:

1. long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoonsplay

  Familiarity information: HIMANTOPUS STILT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HIMANTOPUS STILT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Himantopus stilt; long-legs; longlegs; stilt; stilt plover; stiltbird

Hypernyms ("Himantopus 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 "Himantopus stilt"):

black-necked stilt; Himantopus mexicanus (stilt of southwestern United States to northern South America having black plumage extending from the head down the back of the neck)

black-winged stilt; Himantopus himantopus (stilt of Europe and Africa and Asia having mostly white plumage but with black wings)

Himantopus himantopus leucocephalus; white-headed stilt (stilt of the southwest Pacific including Australia and New Zealand having mostly white plumage but with black wings and nape of neck)

Himantopus novae-zelandiae; kaki (blackish stilt of New Zealand sometimes considered a color phase of the white-headed stilt)

Holonyms ("Himantopus stilt" is a member of...):

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


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