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spotshank

spotshank noun: the spotted redshank.

Noun

spotshank (plural spotshanks)

  1. (UK, informal) The spotted redshank.

Forms of spotshank

pluralspotshanks

Origin of spotshank

From spot + shank.

Questions about spotshank

What does spotshank mean?
Spotshank means the spotted redshank.
What part of speech is spotshank?
Spotshank is a noun.
What is the plural of spotshank?
The plural of spotshank is spotshanks.

Words near spotshank in the dictionary

  1. spotproof
  2. SPOTREP
  3. SPOTREPs
  4. spots
  5. spots of bother
  6. spotshank
  7. spotshanks
  8. spotsman
  9. spotsmen
  10. Spotswood
  11. Spotsylvania

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