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Stilt plover   /stɪlt plˈəvər/   Listen
Stilt plover

noun
1.
Long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons.  Synonyms: Himantopus stilt, long-legs, longlegs, stilt, stiltbird.






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"Stilt plover" Quotes from Famous Books



... and a fraction of legs—viz., somewhat more than ten feet; such a monstrous proportion as the world never saw! If you should try the experiment in still larger birds, the disparity would still increase. It must be matter of great curiosity to see the stilt plover move—to observe how it can wield such a length of lever with such feeble muscles as the thighs seem to be furnished with. At best one should expect it to be but a bad walker: but what adds to the wonder is, that ...
— The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 • Gilbert White



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