redshank

[ red-shangk ]

noun

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

redshank

/ ˈrɛdˌʃæŋk /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of redshank¹

First recorded in 1515–25; red ¹ + shank

Example Sentences

I have, however, a Redshank in full breeding plumage, killed in Guernsey as late as the 23rd of April.

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Many birds would starve there, but the Redshank is quite happy, as Nature has fitted him for his life in such a place.

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No sooner does the Redshank spy you than he is up and, with a shrill whistle of alarm, flies quickly away.

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Kearton somewhere relates how he once induced a blackbird to sit on the eggs of a thrush, and a lapwing on those of a redshank.

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The Redshank is a bird of frequent occurrence on all such parts of the coast as are suited to its habits.

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