Definition of Australian stilt

1. Noun. Long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia.

Exact synonyms: Stilt
Generic synonyms: Limicoline Bird, Shore Bird, Shorebird
Group relationships: Cladorhyncus, Genus Cladorhyncus
Specialized synonyms: Banded Stilt, Cladorhyncus Leucocephalum

Lexicographical Neighbors of Australian Stilt

Australian honeysuckle
Australian magpie
Australian nettle
Australian nettle tree
Australian pea
Australian pelican
Australian pelicans
Australian pine
Australian pitcher plant
Australian rhyming slang
Australian rules
Australian rules football
Australian sea lion
Australian state
Australian stilt (current term)
Australian sumac
Australian sword lily
Australian terrier
Australian turtledove
Australiana
Australianise
Australianised
Australianises
Australianising
Australianism
Australianisms
Australianist
Australianists
Australianize

Literary usage of Australian stilt

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1868)
"Note on the Eggs of the Australian stilt-Plover (Himan- topus leucocephalus). Tom. cit. p. 600. • . ..."

2. Proceedingsby Zoological Society of London by Zoological Society of London (1872)
"1867, 392 Note on the Eggs of the Australian stilt-Plover (Himantopus leucocephalus) 1867, 600 Letter from, relating to the nesting of the Lyre-bird 1868, ..."

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