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Micropalama himantopus
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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- Maria Cicherschi Ropală (1881–1973), was a Romanian medical examiner and a professor at the Institute of Medicine and Pharmacy in Iași. She was the first...
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- approval of Legionary leader Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, Ana-Maria Ropală in February 1933. Ropală was the daughter of a Jewish woman who had converted to Christianity...
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- Cândea, chemist Alexandru Cernat, general and politician Maria Cicherschi Ropală, doctor and professor Radu Ciuceanu, historian and politician Liviu Ciulei...
- hudsoni (Miller, 1921) Allograpta pseudoropala (Miller, 1921) Allograpta ropala (Walker, 1849) Allograpta ventralis (Miller, 1921) Anu una Thompson, 2008...
- Rapala melida Rapala nemorensis Oberthür, 1914 Rapala repercussa Leech, 1890 Ropala ribbei Johannes Röber, 1886 Rapala rhoecus Rapala schistacea Rapala scintilla...
- departments and the building of dormitories. In 1907, Maria Cicherschi Ropală, graduated with her Doctor of Medicine under his direction from the university...
- born in Iași Nicolae Paulescu, the discoverer of insulin Maria Cicherschi Ropală, first female coroner in Europe List of Nobel Laureates in Physiology or...