redshank

[red-shangk]

noun

an Old World sandpiper, Tringa totanus, having red legs and feet.

Origin of redshank

First recorded in 1515–25; red¹ + shank

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Historical Examples of redshank

Now let us leave the beach and look for the Redshank on the mud-flats.
On the Seashore
R. Cadwallader Smith
It had the soft quality, soft yet piercing, of a redshank's, but it shuddered like an owl's.
Lore of Proserpine
Maurice Hewlett
Redshank, curlew, and dunlin—cousins of the snipe and woodcock—are all accomplished performers in the art of wooing on the wing.
Birds in Flight
W. P. Pycraft
His cousin, the redshank, a much larger bird, has already been described here in regard to his spring love-making.
Birds in Flight
W. P. Pycraft
Many birds would starve there, but the Redshank is quite happy, as Nature has fitted him for his life in such a place.
On the Seashore
R. Cadwallader Smith

British Dictionary definitions for redshank

redshank

noun

either of two large common European sandpipers, Tringa totanus or T. erythropus (spotted redshank), having red legs

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