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redshank

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of two species of Old World wading bird in the genus Tringa that have long red legs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any of species Ceratodon purpureus of moss

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fire moss, purple horn toothed moss

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Lady's thumb or redleg (Persicaria maculosa), an herb in the buckwheat family.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A bare-legged person; one of the Scottish Highlanders, who wore kilts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory, obsolete

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

a common Old World wading bird with long red legs

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Tringa totanus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sandpiper

History

Etymology

From red + shank.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: червенокрак водобегач (červenokrak vodobegač) — Old World wading bird
  • Catalan: gamba roja — Old World wading bird
  • Chechen: цӏиэкогашберг (cʼiekogašberg) — Old World wading bird
  • Czech: vodouš — Old World wading bird
  • Finnish: viklo — Old World wading bird
  • French: gambette — Old World wading bird
  • West-Frisian: tjirk — Old World wading bird
  • Galician: bilurico — Old World wading bird
  • German: Rotschenkel — Old World wading bird
  • Greek: κοκκινοσκέλης (kokkinoskélis) — Old World wading bird
  • Irish: cosdeargán — Old World wading bird
  • Luxembourgish: Routpatt — Old World wading bird
  • Norman: hèrbette dé grève — Old World wading bird
  • Polish: brodziec — Old World wading bird
  • Romanian: fluierar cu picioare roșii — Old World wading bird
  • Russian: красноно́жка (krasnonóžka) — Old World wading bird
  • Spanish: archibebe — Old World wading bird
  • Turkish: kızılbacak — Old World wading bird
  • Welsh: pibydd coesgoch — Old World wading bird
  • Finnish: kulosammal — species of moss
  • Finnish: hanhentatar — herb of the buckwheat family
  • Welsh: canwraidd goesgoch — herb of the buckwheat family
  • Finnish: paljasjalka — bare-legged person