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stilt

Long-legged wader bird Himantopus himantopus, order Charadriiformes. It has a very wide distribution. The name is given to these birds by reason of their very thin, long, pink legs which extend far behind the body. The stilt lives in flooded areas and swamps, particularly where there is soft mud. The species is cosmopolitan, with separate subspecies in the USA, South America, Australasia, and a wholly black subspecies found only on South Island, New Zealand.



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The young gentleman twisted up his right stilt and patted him on the shoulder, and the young lady rattled her tambourine.
The Old Curiosity Shop by Dickens, Charles View in context
Hereupon, the offended fowl stalked away on his long stilts, and utterly withdrew his notice from Phoebe and the rest of human nature, until she made her peace with an offering of spice-cake, which, next to snails, was the delicacy most in favor with his aristocratic taste.
House Of Seven Gables by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
Boilers on stilts, I tell you, striding along like men.
The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context
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