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greater yellowlegses

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yel⋅low⋅legs

  [yel-oh-legz]
–noun (used with a singular verb)
either of two American shorebirds having yellow legs, Tringa melanoleuca (greater yellowlegs) or T. flavipes (lesser yellowlegs).
Origin:
1765–75, Americanism; yellow + legs
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