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AUSTRALIAN STILT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Australian stilt mean? 

AUSTRALIAN STILT (noun)
  The noun AUSTRALIAN STILT has 1 sense:

1. long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australiaplay

  Familiarity information: AUSTRALIAN STILT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


AUSTRALIAN STILT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Australian stilt; stilt

Hypernyms ("Australian stilt" is a kind of...):

limicoline bird; shore bird; shorebird (any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Australian stilt"):

banded stilt; Cladorhyncus leucocephalum (web-footed Australian stilt with reddish-brown pectoral markings)

Holonyms ("Australian stilt" is a member of...):

Cladorhyncus; genus Cladorhyncus (one of two genera of stilts; similar to avocets but with straight bills)


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