redshank

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redshank

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From red + shank.

noun redshanks · red shank

Any of two species of Old World wading bird in the genus Tringa that have long red legs. Saltings ringing with the redshank's cry.
Any member of the species Ceratodon purpureus of moss.
Similar: fire moss, purple horn toothed moss
Lady's thumb or redleg (Persicaria maculosa), an herb in the buckwheat family.
derogatory, obsolete A bare-legged person; one of the Scottish Highlanders, who wore kilts. Much worse then the former; for who that is experienced in those partes and knoweth not that the Oneales are neerely alied unto the Mac Oneales of Scotland, and to the Earle of Argill, from whom they use to have all ther succors of those Scottes and Redshanks?

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noun Old World wading bird

Español	archibebe
Français	gambette
Deutsch	Rotschenkel
Ελληνικά	κοκκινοσκέλης kokkinoskélis
Română	fluierar cu picioare roșii
Русский	красноно́жка krasnonóžka

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"redshank." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/redshank. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{redshank_2026,
  title = {redshank},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/redshank},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}