long-legs

• Nom désignant un échassier à longues pattes, aux doigts partiellement palmés et au plumage noir et blanc, que l’on trouve souvent dans les étangs, marais ou lagunes saumâtres de l’intérieur des terres.

A noun referring to a long-legged, three-toed, black-and-white wading bird typically found in inland ponds, marshes, or brackish lagoons.

1. C1formal

   A long-legged, three-toed, black-and-white wading bird found in inland ponds, marshes, or brackish lagoons.

   Échasse blanche

   • A long-legs stood motionless in the shallow water, waiting for prey.
   • We spotted a long-legs wading through the brackish lagoon at dawn.
   • The black-and-white plumage of the long-legs made it easy to identify against the marsh.

   Synonymeslonglegsstilt