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redshanks
Redshank Red"shank` (r?d"sh?nk`), n. 1. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A common Old World limicoline bird (Totanus calidris), having the legs and feet pale red. The spotted redshank (T. fuscus) is larger, and has orange-red legs. Called also redshanks, redleg, and clee. (b) The fieldfare. 2. A bare-legged person; -- a contemptuous appellation formerly given to the Scotch Highlanders, in allusion to their bare legs. --Spenser.
Redshank
Redshank Red"shank` (r?d"sh?nk`), n. 1. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A common Old World limicoline bird (Totanus calidris), having the legs and feet pale red. The spotted redshank (T. fuscus) is larger, and has orange-red legs. Called also redshanks, redleg, and clee. (b) The fieldfare. 2. A bare-legged person; -- a contemptuous appellation formerly given to the Scotch Highlanders, in allusion to their bare legs. --Spenser.

Meaning of redshanks from wikipedia

- tot****, a s****bird Spotted redshank Tringa erythropus, a s****bird Redshanks Adenostoma sparsifolium, a shrub Redshank Persicaria maculosa, a plant...
- India and Tibet; non-breeding in India and the Malay Peninsula Common redshanks in breeding plumage are a marbled brown color, slightly lighter below...
- as the English were in general impressed with the redshanks' qualities as soldiers. The redshanks were usually armed alike, prin****lly with bows (the...
- The spotted redshank (Tringa erythropus) is a wader (s****bird) in the large bird family Scolopacidae. The genus name Tringa is the Neo-Latin name given...
- as the English were in general impressed with the redshanks' qualities as soldiers. The redshanks were usually armed alike, prin****lly with bows (the...
- wildfire to the bright slopes of Antarctica. Its common names include redshank, purple forkmoss, ceratodon moss, fire moss, and purple horn toothed moss...
- tiny, filamentous leaves. Redshanks are closely related to the more abundant Chamise (Adenostoma fasciculatum). Redshanks inhabits higher elevations...
- The Scottish Highlander mercenaries, known as Redshanks in Ireland, in the service of Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden; 1631 German engraving...
- (Rosaceae) containing only two species, chamise (Adenostoma fasciculatum) and redshanks (Adenostoma sparsifolium). Both are native to the Californias. The plants...
- Protestant garrison by November 1688. An army of around 1,200 men, mostly "Redshanks" (Highlanders), under Alexander MacDonnell, 3rd Earl of Antrim, was slowly...