lesser yellowlegs

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   a variety of yellowlegs

   SynonymsTringa flavipes

   Broaderyellowlegs

Questions about lesser yellowlegs

What does lesser yellowlegs mean?

lesser yellowlegs means "a variety of yellowlegs".

What is another word for lesser yellowlegs?

Close synonyms include Tringa flavipes. 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 lesser yellowlegs a common word?

lesser yellowlegs 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.