Meaning

4 senses
  1. Any of two species of Old World wading bird in the genus Tringa that have long red legs.

    Rotschenkel

    красноно́жкаkrasnonóžka

    a common Old World wading bird with long red legs

  2. Any member of the species Ceratodon purpureus of moss.

  3. Lady's thumb or redleg (Persicaria maculosa), an herb in the buckwheat family.

  4. (derogatory, obsolete)A bare-legged person; one of the Scottish Highlanders, who wore kilts.

Translations

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By meaning 1
Old World wading bird:
Deutsch
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Old World wading bird:

Origin

From red + shank.

From red + shank.

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Forms

plural: redshanks

Synonyms

3 synonyms
fire mosspurple horn toothed moss
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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