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Noun: black-winged stilt
  1. Stilt of Europe and Africa and Asia having mostly white plumage but with black wings
    "Black-winged stilts nest in loose colonies near wetlands";
    - Himantopus himantopus

Derived forms: black-winged stilts

Type of: Himantopus stilt, longlegs, long-legs, stilt, stilt plover, stiltbird

Part of: genus Himantopus, Himantopus

Encyclopedia: Black-winged stilt