WHITE-HEADED STILT

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Meaning:

Stilt of the southwest Pacific including Australia and New Zealand having mostly white plumage but with black wings and nape of neck

Synonyms:

Himantopus himantopus leucocephalus; white-headed stilt

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("white-headed stilt" is a kind of...):

Himantopus stilt; long-legs; longlegs; stilt; stilt plover; stiltbird (long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons)

Holonyms ("white-headed stilt" is a member of...):

genus Himantopus; Himantopus (major one of two genera of stilts; similar to avocets but with straight bills)

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