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stilt

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: stilt

1
 n
one of two stout poles with foot rests in the middle; used for walking high above the ground
2
 n
long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: stilt
1

n one of two stout poles with foot rests in the middle; used for walking high above the ground

“he was so tall I thought he was on stilts”
Type of:
pole
a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic

n a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure

Synonyms:
pile, piling, spile
Types:
sheath pile, sheet pile, sheet piling
a pile in a row of piles driven side by side to retain earth or prevent seepage
Type of:
column, pillar
(architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure
2

n long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons

Synonyms:
Himantopus stilt, long-legs, longlegs, stilt plover, stiltbird
Types:
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Himantopus mexicanus, black-necked stilt
stilt of southwestern United States to northern South America having black plumage extending from the head down the back of the neck
Himantopus himantopus, black-winged stilt
stilt of Europe and Africa and Asia having mostly white plumage but with black wings
Himantopus himantopus leucocephalus, white-headed stilt
stilt of the southwest Pacific including Australia and New Zealand having mostly white plumage but with black wings and nape of neck
Himantopus novae-zelandiae, kaki
blackish stilt of New Zealand sometimes considered a color phase of the white-headed stilt
Type of:
limicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird
any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries

n long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia

Synonyms:
Australian stilt
Types:
Cladorhyncus leucocephalum, banded stilt
web-footed Australian stilt with reddish-brown pectoral markings
Type of:
limicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird
any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries
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