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H candidus
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. Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked. --Landor. 2. A crutch; also, the handle of a plow. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. 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. 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. 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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- Look up Candidus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Candidus may refer to: Tiberius Claudius Candidus, Roman general who fought against Emperor Pescennius...
- Bungarus candidus, commonly known as the Malayan krait or blue krait, is a highly venomous species of snake. The blue krait is a member of the genus Bungarus...
- including: A. candidus subsp. tjibodensis, A. candidus var. amylolyticus, A. candidus var. candidus, A. candidus var. densior, and A. candidus var. tenuissima...
- The silky sifaka (Propithecus candidus) is a large lemur characterized by long, silky, white fur. It has a very restricted range in northeastern Madagascar...
- were named Saint Candidus, Saint Innocent, Saint Exsuperius, Saint Victor, and Saint Constantine, all these were captains." Candidus is called Maurice's...
- It was not Candidus, however, but Rab****' close friend Hatto who was elected abbot in 842. Candidus died in 845. Some scholars saw Candidus even as a...
- Candidus Isaurus (fl. 491) was an Eastern Roman historian. His work, written in Gr****, is known only from fragments. Candidus was probably born in the...
- Syme's investigation of Candidus Celsus led him to surmise that the proconsul was likely the same man as a Tiberius Julius Candidus, attested as praetor...
- Candidus (fl. c. AD 196) was a Christian theologian of the late 2nd century. In Jerome's De viris illustribus, he writes that Candidus lived during the...
- When Alcuin went to Tours (796), Candidus was his successor as master of the palace school. Alcuin's esteem for Candidus is shown by his dedicating his...