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GREATER YELLOWLEGS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does greater yellowlegs mean?
• GREATER YELLOWLEGS (noun)
The noun GREATER YELLOWLEGS has 1 sense:
1. a variety of yellowlegs
Familiarity information: GREATER YELLOWLEGS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A variety of yellowlegs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
greater yellowlegs; Tringa melanoleuca
Hypernyms ("greater yellowlegs" is a kind of...):
yellowlegs (either of two North American shorebird with yellow legs)
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