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stilt-petrel

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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A stormy petrel of the genus Fregetta: so called from the length of the legs.

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  • vendingmachine commented on the word stilt-petrel

    What's wrong with long-legged petrel? Stilts are artificial legs, are they not?

    noun stilt-bird. In ornithology, any bird of the genus Himantopus: so called from the extremely long, slender legs.

    July 18, 2020