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banded stilt

banded stilt noun: cladorhynchus leucocephalus, a nomadic stilt endemic to Australia.

banded stilt: cladorhynchus leucocephalus, a nomadic stilt endemic to Australia
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Noun

banded stilt (plural banded stilts)

  1. Cladorhynchus leucocephalus, a nomadic stilt endemic to Australia.
    • The life history of flamingos and the banded stilt of Australia are astonishingly alike. Like flamingos, banded stilts are colonial, breed in great, densely packed colonies, nest in depressions in the ground and are regularly spaced about 30 centimeters (12 in.) apart, have white, unpatterned downy...1999, Alan Feduccia, The Origin and Evolution of Birds, page 199
    • Banded stilts are unusual in that unlike other waders their breeding seems to be reserved for rare occasions when most of the species congregate on individual salt lakes.2003, John L. Read, Red Sand, Green Heart: Ecological Adventures in the Outback, page 152

Forms of banded stilt

pluralbanded stilts

Questions about banded stilt

What does banded stilt mean?
Banded stilt means cladorhynchus leucocephalus, a nomadic stilt endemic to Australia.
What part of speech is banded stilt?
Banded stilt is a noun.
What is the plural of banded stilt?
The plural of banded stilt is banded stilts.

Words near banded stilt in the dictionary

  1. banded rudderfish
  2. banded sand catshark
  3. banded sand catsharks
  4. banded sea krait
  5. banded sea kraits
  6. banded stilt
  7. banded stilts
  8. banded sugar ant
  9. banded sugar ants
  10. banded together
  11. banded tube

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