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yellowlegs

/yel-oh-legz/US // ˈyɛl oʊˌlɛgz //UK // (ˈjɛləʊˌlɛɡz) //

黄鼠狼,黄腿,黄腿子,黄脚丫

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : either of two American shorebirds having yellow legs, Tringa melanoleuca or T. flavipes.

Examples

  • The Greater Yellowlegs is an uncommon spring and probably fall migrant in Coahuila.

  • The Eskimo curlew is decreasing to the danger point, and the Yellowlegs is following.

  • Thereupon Dame Yellowlegs stepped out, and began to pose most gracefully.