"redshank" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: redshanks [plural]
Etymology: red + shank Etymology templates: {{compound|en|red|shank}} red + shank Head templates: {{en-noun}} redshank (plural redshanks)
  1. Any of two species of Old World wading bird in the genus Tringa that have long red legs. Categories (lifeform): Mosses Translations (Old World wading bird): червенокрак водобегач (červenokrak vodobegač) (Bulgarian), цӏиэкогашберг (cʼiekogašberg) (Chechen), vodouš (Czech), viklo (Finnish), gambette [masculine] (French), bilurico [masculine] (Galician), Rotschenkel [masculine] (German), κοκκινοσκέλης (kokkinoskélis) [masculine] (Greek), cosdeargán [masculine] (Irish), Routpatt [feminine] (Luxembourgish), hèrbette dé grève [Jersey, feminine] (Norman), brodziec [masculine] (Polish), fluierar-cu-picioare-roșii [masculine] (Romanian), красноно́жка (krasnonóžka) [feminine] (Russian), archibebe [masculine] (Spanish), pibydd coesgoch [masculine] (Welsh), tjirk [common-gender] (West Frisian)
    Sense id: en-redshank-en-noun--rgOeHcm Disambiguation of Mosses: 44 16 29 10 Categories (other): English bahuvrihi compounds Disambiguation of English bahuvrihi compounds: 31 14 31 23 Disambiguation of 'Old World wading bird': 94 1 3 2
  2. Any of species Ceratodon purpureus of moss Synonyms: fire moss, purple horn toothed moss Translations (species of moss): kulosammal (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-redshank-en-noun-VrCJicUX Categories (other): English bahuvrihi compounds Disambiguation of English bahuvrihi compounds: 31 14 31 23 Disambiguation of 'species of moss': 40 58 2 0
  3. Lady's thumb or redleg (Persicaria maculosa), an herb in the buckwheat family. Categories (lifeform): Buckwheat family plants, Scolopacids Translations (herb of the buckwheat family): hanhentatar (Finnish), canwraidd goesgoch [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-redshank-en-noun-tZp5Qmh9 Disambiguation of Buckwheat family plants: 33 6 46 15 Disambiguation of Scolopacids: 28 12 36 24 Categories (other): English bahuvrihi compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English bahuvrihi compounds: 31 14 31 23 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 11 35 27 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 29 11 37 22 Disambiguation of 'herb of the buckwheat family': 14 2 80 4
  4. (obsolete, derogatory) A bare-legged person; one of the Scottish Highlanders, who wore kilts. Tags: derogatory, obsolete Translations (bare-legged person): paljasjalka (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-redshank-en-noun-k6dlXfOt Categories (other): English bahuvrihi compounds Disambiguation of English bahuvrihi compounds: 31 14 31 23 Disambiguation of 'bare-legged person': 1 0 2 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: common redshank (taxonomic: Tringa totanus), dusky redshank (taxonomic: Tringa erythropus), panicled redshank (taxonomic: Amaranthus cruentus), scarce redshank (taxonomic: Ceratodon conicus), spotted redshank (taxonomic: Tringa erythropus), redshanks (taxonomic: Adenostoma sparsifolium) Related terms: redshanks, greenshank

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "Old World wading bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pibydd coesgoch"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "Old World wading bird",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tjirk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "species of moss",
      "word": "kulosammal"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "herb of the buckwheat family",
      "word": "hanhentatar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "herb of the buckwheat family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "canwraidd goesgoch"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "bare-legged person",
      "word": "paljasjalka"
    }
  ],
  "word": "redshank"
}

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