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Either of a pair of long, slender poles each equipped with a raised footrest to enable the user to walk elevated above the ground.
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Any of various tall posts or pillars used as support, as for a dock or building: a beach house on stilts.
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An American wading bird (Himantopus mexicanus) that has long pink legs, black and white plumage, and a long slender bill, and that ranges from the United States to Peru and Brazil and is related to the avocet.
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A related bird (Cladorhynchus leucocephalus) of Australia.
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To place or raise on stilts.
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American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.