redshank
an Old World sandpiper, Tringa totanus, having red legs and feet.
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How to use redshank in a sentence
I have, however, a redshank in full breeding plumage, killed in Guernsey as late as the 23rd of April.
Birds of Guernsey (1879) | Cecil SmithMany 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 SmithNo sooner does the redshank spy you than he is up and, with a shrill whistle of alarm, flies quickly away.
On the Seashore | R. Cadwallader SmithKearton somewhere relates how he once induced a blackbird to sit on the eggs of a thrush, and a lapwing on those of a redshank.
Birds in the Calendar | Frederick G. AflaloThe redshank is a bird of frequent occurrence on all such parts of the coast as are suited to its habits.
British Birds in their Haunts | Rev. C. A. Johns
British Dictionary definitions for redshank (1 of 2)
/ (ˈrɛdˌʃæŋk) /
either of two large common European sandpipers, Tringa totanus or T. erythropus (spotted redshank), having red legs
British Dictionary definitions for red shank (2 of 2)
an annual polygonaceous plant, Polygonum persicaria, of N temperate regions, having red stems, narrow leaves, and oblong spikes of pink flowers: Also called: persicaria, lady's-thumb
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