redshanks
redshanks is the plural of redshank.
Noun
redshanks
- A plant of species Adenostoma sparsifolium, of southern California in the US and northern Baja California in Mexico.
- Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum)
Meaning of redshank
Noun
redshank (plural redshanks)
- Any of two species of Old World wading bird in the genus Tringa that have long red legs.
- Saltings ringing with the redshank's cry.1967, J. A. Baker, The Peregrine, page 41
- Any member of the species Ceratodon purpureus of moss.
- Synonyms:
- fire moss, purple horn toothed moss
- Lady's thumb or redleg (Persicaria maculosa), an herb in the buckwheat family.
- A bare-legged person; one of the Scottish Highlanders, who wore kilts.
- Much worse then the former; for who that is experienced in those partes and knoweth not that the Oneales are neerely alied unto the Mac Oneales of Scotland, and to the Earle of Argill, from whom they use to have all ther succors of those Scottes and Redshanks?1997 [1596], Edmund Spenser, A Veue of the Present State of Ireland, archived from the original on 18 Apr 2019
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Questions about redshanks
- What does redshanks mean?
- Redshanks means a plant of species Adenostoma sparsifolium, of southern California in the US and northern Baja California in Mexico.
- What is redshanks the plural of?
- Redshanks is the plural of redshank.
- What part of speech is redshanks?
- Redshanks is a noun.
Words near redshanks in the dictionary
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