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Definition of Redshank

Redshank
Redshank Red"shank` (r?d"sh?nk`), n. 1. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A common Old World limicoline bird (Totanus calidris), having the legs and feet pale red. The spotted redshank (T. fuscus) is larger, and has orange-red legs. Called also redshanks, redleg, and clee. (b) The fieldfare. 2. A bare-legged person; -- a contemptuous appellation formerly given to the Scotch Highlanders, in allusion to their bare legs. --Spenser.

Meaning of Redshank from wikipedia

- Look up redshank in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Redshank may refer to: Redshank (soldier), 16th-century Scottish mercenaries Common redshank Tringa...
- The spotted redshank (Tringa erythropus) is a wader (s****bird) in the large bird family Scolopacidae. The genus name Tringa is the Neo-Latin name given...
- The common redshank or simply redshank (Tringa tot****) is a Eurasian wader in the large family Scolopacidae. The common redshank was formally described...
- Redshank was a nickname for Scottish mercenaries from the Highlands and Western Isles contracted to fight in Ireland; they were a prominent feature of...
- Common names include lady's thumb, spotted lady's thumb, Jesusplant, and redshank. It is widespread across Eurasia from Iceland south to Portugal and east...
- wildfire to the bright slopes of Antarctica. Its common names include redshank, purple forkmoss, ceratodon moss, fire moss, and purple horn toothed moss...
- six-track EP has tracks co-written by Bimini, Billie Blonde, and Redshank. Redshank was also a producer, as were Harvey Kirkby and Rhys Kirkby-Cox from...
- closest relative is the greater yellowlegs, which together with the spotted redshank form a close-knit group. Among them, these three species show all the basic...
- western marsh harrier is mobbed by a northern lapwing. The marsh harrier, a male, had been quartering the ground in which lapwing and redshank were nesting....
- The Scottish Highlander mercenaries, known as Redshanks in Ireland, in the service of Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden; 1631 German engraving...