yellowlegs

[ yel-oh-legz ]

noun(used with a singular verb)
  1. either of two American shorebirds having yellow legs, Tringa melanoleuca(greater yellowlegs ) or T. flavipes(lesser yellowlegs ).

Origin of yellowlegs

1
1765–75, Americanism;yellow + legs

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British Dictionary definitions for yellowlegs

yellowlegs

/ (ˈjɛləʊˌlɛɡz) /


noun
  1. (functioning as singular) either of two North American sandpipers, Tringa melanoleuca (or Totanus melanoleucus) (greater yellowlegs) or T. flavipes (lesser yellowlegs), having bright yellow legs

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