himantopus stilt

Questions about himantopus stilt

What does himantopus stilt mean?

himantopus stilt means "long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons".

What is another word for himantopus stilt?

Close synonyms include stilt, stiltbird, longlegs, long-legs, stilt plover. 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 himantopus stilt a common word?

himantopus 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.