black-winged stilt
- noun
- UK
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cigüeña de alas negras
- Birdwatchers were delighted to spot a black-winged stilt wading in the lagoon.
Examples
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The black-winged stilt nests in shallow wetlands across southern Europe and Asia.
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A flock of black-winged stilts took flight as the sun set over the marsh.
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I saw a black-winged stilt at the lake today.
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The black-winged stilts were feeding near the shore.
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Birdwatchers were delighted to spot a black-winged stilt wading in the lagoon.
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The black-winged stilt nests in shallow wetlands across southern Europe and Asia.
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A flock of black-winged stilts took flight as the sun set over the marsh.
Synonyms
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6.9
A long-legged bird that wades in shallow water like marshes or lagoons
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9.6
A long-legged black-and-white bird that stands in shallow water to find food
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9.5
A long-legged black and white bird that wades in shallow ponds and marshes
A long-legged black-and-white bird that wades in shallow water in Europe, Africa, and Asia
A long-legged black and white bird that wades in shallow ponds and marshes
A long-legged bird that wades in shallow water and has three toes
Surface Forms
Morphology
black-winged + stilt
The compound is fully compositional: 'stilt' is a known wading bird with long legs and 'black-winged' transparently means having black wings, so the overall meaning — a stilt with black wings — is directly derivable from the parts. This follows ordinary adjective + noun composition and is cross-linguistically predictable, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would understand it.
Etymology
The black-winged stilt gets its name from how it looks: black-winged for its dark wings and stilt because its very long, thin legs make it seem to walk on stilts in shallow water. So the name describes 'a wading bird with black wings and very long legs'.