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Longlegs

noun

Long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons. Synonyms: Himantopus stilt, long-legs, stilt, stilt plover, stiltbird.

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"Longlegs" Quotes from Famous Books

... topsy-turvy and went to her music, rejoicing that she had no dishes to wash. Amy arranged her bower, put on her best white frock, smoothed her curls, and sat down to draw under the honeysuckle, hoping someone would see and inquire who the young artist was. As no one appeared but an inquisitive daddy-longlegs, who examined her work with interest, she went to walk, got caught in a shower, ...

— Little Women • Louisa May Alcott

Words linked to "Longlegs" : white-headed stilt, long-legs, kaki, limicoline bird, Himantopus novae-zelandiae, Himantopus mexicanus, Himantopus himantopus, shore bird, black-necked stilt, Himantopus, Himantopus himantopus leucocephalus, black-winged stilt, genus Himantopus, shorebird