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Definition: Stilt sandpiper
Sandpiper
\Sand"pi`per\, n.
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small limicoline
game birds belonging to
Tringa,
Actodromas,
Ereunetes, and various allied genera of the family
Tringid[ae].
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Note: The most important North American species are the
pectoral sandpiper (
Tringa maculata), called also
brownback,
grass snipe, and
jacksnipe; the
red-backed, or black-breasted, sandpiper, or dunlin
(
T. alpina); the purple sandpiper (
T. maritima: the
red-breasted sandpiper, or knot (
T. canutus); the
semipalmated sandpiper (
Ereunetes pusillus); the
spotted sandpiper, or teeter-tail (
Actitis macularia
); the buff-breasted sandpiper (
Tryngites subruficollis
), and the Bartramian sandpiper, or
upland plover. See under
Upland. Among the European
species are the dunlin, the knot, the ruff, the
sanderling, and the common sandpiper (
Actitis hypoleucus
syn.
Tringoides hypoleucus), called also
fiddler,
peeper,
pleeps,
weet-weet, and
summer snipe
. Some of the small plovers and tattlers are also
called sandpipers.
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2. (Zo["o]l.) A small lamprey eel; the pride.
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Curlew sandpiper. See under
Curlew.
Stilt sandpiper. See under
Stilt.
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Stilt
\Stilt\, n. [OE. stilte; akin to Dan. stylte, Sw. stylta,
LG. & D. stelt, OHG. stelza, G. stelze, and perh. to E.
stout.]
1. A pole, or piece of wood, constructed with a step or loop
to raise the foot above the ground in walking. It is
sometimes lashed to the leg, and sometimes prolonged
upward so as to be steadied by the hand or arm.
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Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.
--Landor.
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2. A crutch; also, the handle of a plow. [Prov. Eng.]
--Halliwell.
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3. (Zo["o]l.) Any species of limicoline birds belonging to
Himantopus and allied genera, in which the legs are
remarkably long and slender. Called also
longshanks,
stiltbird,
stilt plover, and
lawyer.
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Note: The American species (
Himantopus Mexicanus) is well
known. The European and Asiatic stilt (
H. candidus)
is usually white, except the wings and interscapulars,
which are greenish black. The white-headed stilt (
H. leucocephalus
) and the banded stilt (
Cladorhynchus pectoralis
) are found in Australia.
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Stilt plover (Zo["o]l.), the stilt.
Stilt sandpiper (Zo["o]l.), an American sandpiper
(
Micropalama himantopus) having long legs. The bill is
somewhat expanded at the tip.
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