Definition of "yellowlegs" []

• Either of two North American wading birds (Tringa melanoleuca or T. flavipes) having yellow legs and a long narrow bill. (noun)

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• "Mark Peck said that species nesting away from the Hudson Bay Coast in boreal bogs and fens such as yellowlegs should not be severely impacted because much of the freeze took place near the coast."
• "A second possibility would be a large shorebird, like a yellowlegs, which are migrating right now."
• "Farther down, where freshwater met salt, a dozen little estuaries nourished tall stands of marsh grass and dozens of species of wildfowl, from the elegant Canada geese to widgeons with calls like rubber duck squeeze toys to the long-legged, long-billed lesser yellowlegs."