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Totanus fuscus

Redshank \Red"shank`\ (r?d"sh?nk`), n.

  1. (Zo["o]l.)

    1. A common Old World limicoline bird ( Totanus calidris), having the legs and feet pale red. The spotted redshank ( Totanus fuscus) is larger, and has orange-red legs. Called also redshanks, redleg, and clee.

    2. The fieldfare.

  2. A bare-legged person; -- a contemptuous appellation formerly given to the Scotch Highlanders, in allusion to their bare legs.
    --Spenser.