yellowlegs : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: yellowlegs	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for yellowlegs
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
yellowlegs n either of two North American shorebird with yellow legs
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yellowlegs \Yel"low*legs`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of long-legged sandpipers of the genus {Totanus}, in which the legs are bright yellow; -- called also {stone snipe}, {tattler}, {telltale}, {yellowshanks}; and {yellowshins}. See {Tattler}, 2.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tattler \Tat"tler\, n. 1. One who tattles; an idle talker; one who tells tales. --Jer. Taylor. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of large, long-legged sandpipers belonging to the genus {Totanus}. Note: The common American species are the greater tattler, or telltale ({T. melanoleucus}), the smaller tattler, or lesser yellowlegs ({T. flavipes}), the solitary tattler ({T. solitarius}), and the semipalmated tattler, or willet. The first two are called also {telltale}, {telltale spine}, {telltale tattler}, {yellowlegs}, {yellowshanks}, and {yelper.}