Usually means: Long-legged, slender shorebird with bill.
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▸ noun:  A shorebird of North America characterized by its yellow legs, Tringa melanoleuca.

Similar:
tringa melanoleuca, lesser yellowlegs, yellowlegs, stone-snipe, yellowshins, yellowshanks, yellow-bird, yellow bunting, yellow-hammer, yellow-legged gull, more...

Opposite:
lesser yellowlegs, smaller yellowlegs

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Similar:
tringa melanoleuca, lesser yellowlegs, yellowlegs, stone-snipe, yellowshins, yellowshanks, yellow-bird, yellow bunting, yellow-hammer, yellow-legged gull, more...

Opposite:
lesser yellowlegs, smaller yellowlegs



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