yellowshanks

Tattler \Tat"tler\, n.
   1. One who tattles; an idle talker; one who tells tales.
      --Jer. Taylor.
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   2. (Zool.) Any one of several species of large, long-legged
      sandpipers belonging to the genus {Totanus}.
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   Note: The common American species are the greater tattler, or
         telltale ({Totanus melanoleucus}), the smaller tattler,
         or lesser yellowlegs ({Totanus flavipes}), the solitary
         tattler ({Totanus solitarius}), and the semipalmated
         tattler, or willet. The first two are called also
         {telltale}, {telltale spine}, {telltale tattler},
         {yellowlegs}, {yellowshanks}, and {yelper.}
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Yellowlegs \Yel"low*legs`\, n. (Zool.)
   Any one of several species of long-legged sandpipers of the
   genus {Totanus}, in which the legs are bright yellow; --
   called also {stone snipe}, {tattler}, {telltale},
   {yellowshanks}; and {yellowshins}. See {Tattler}, 2.
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Yellowshanks \Yel"low*shanks`\, Yellowshins \Yel"low*shins`\, n.
   (Zool.)
   See {Yellolegs}.
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