black-necked stilt

1. 1.

   stilt of southwestern United States to northern South America having black plumage extending from the head down the back of the neck

   SynonymsHimantopus mexicanus

   Broaderstilt

   Part ofHimantopus

Questions about black-necked stilt

What does black-necked stilt mean?

black-necked stilt means "stilt of southwestern United States to northern South America having black plumage extending from the head down the back of the neck".

What is another word for black-necked stilt?

Close synonyms include Himantopus mexicanus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is black-necked stilt a common word?

black-necked stilt is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.