yellowshanks

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yellowshanks - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Tattler \Tat"tler\, n.
     1. One who tattles; an idle talker; one who tells tales.
        --Jer. Taylor.
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     2. (Zool.) Any one of several species of large, long-legged
        sandpipers belonging to the genus Totanus.
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     Note: The common American species are the greater tattler, or
           telltale (Totanus melanoleucus), the smaller tattler,
           or lesser yellowlegs (Totanus flavipes), the solitary
           tattler (Totanus solitarius), and the semipalmated
           tattler, or willet. The first two are called also
           telltale, telltale spine, telltale tattler,
           yellowlegs, yellowshanks, and yelper.
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  Yellowlegs \Yel"low*legs`\, n. (Zool.)
     Any one of several species of long-legged sandpipers of the
     genus Totanus, in which the legs are bright yellow; --
     called also stone snipe, tattler, telltale,
     yellowshanks; and yellowshins. See Tattler, 2.
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  Yellowshanks \Yel"low*shanks`\, Yellowshins \Yel"low*shins`\, n.
     (Zool.)
     See Yellolegs.
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