lesser yellowlegs

lesser yellowlegs
noun
a variety of yellowlegs
Syn: ↑Tringa flavipes
Hypernyms: ↑yellowlegs

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noun plural but singular or plural in construction
: a yellowlegs (Totanus flavipes or Tringa flavipes) that is about 11 inches long including the bill, is streaked brownish gray on the head, neck, breast, and upperparts, has white on the belly, and is barred on the sides and the tail — compare greater yellowlegs

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lesser yellowlegs,
a shore bird related to the sandpiper, which breeds in Canada and Alaska, having a length of about 11 inches and similar in appearance to the greater yellowlegs.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • lesser yellowlegs — n. YELLOWLEGS * * * …   Universalium

  • lesser yellowlegs — n. YELLOWLEGS …   English World dictionary

  • Lesser Yellowlegs — Taxobox name = Lesser Yellowlegs status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Charadriiformes familia = Scolopacidae genus = Tringa species = T. flavipes binomial = Tringa… …   Wikipedia

  • lesser yellowlegs — geltonkojis tulikas statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Tringa flavipes angl. lesser yellowlegs vok. Kleiner Gelbschenkel, m rus. желтоногий улит, m pranc. petit chevalier, m ryšiai: platesnis terminas – tulikai …   Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas

  • lesser yellowlegs — noun plural but singular or plural in construction Date: circa 1903 a common American marsh and shore bird (Tringa flavipes) that closely resembles the greater yellowlegs in color and markings but is smaller with a shorter more slender bill …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • lesser yellowlegs. — See under yellowlegs. [1900 05] * * * …   Universalium

  • lesser yellowlegs — noun A shorebird of North America characterized by its yellow legs, scientific name Tringa flavipes. See Also: greater yellowlegs …   Wiktionary

  • lesser yellowlegs — less′er yel′lowlegs n. orn See under yellowlegs • Etymology: 1900–05 …   From formal English to slang

  • lesser yellowlegs. — See under yellowlegs. [1900 05] …   Useful english dictionary

  • yellowlegs — ☆ yellowlegs [yel′ō legz΄] n. pl. yellowlegs either of two large, gray and white sandpipers, the greater yellowlegs ( Tringa melanoleuca) or the lesser yellowlegs ( T. flavipes), having long, yellow legs, found in North and South America …   English World dictionary

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