[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

stilt \stilt\, n. oe. stilte; akin to dan. stylte, sw. stylta,
   lg.  d. stelt, ohg. stelza, g. stelze, and perh. to e.
   stout.
   1. a pole, or piece of wood, constructed with a step or loop
      to raise the foot above the ground in walking. it is
      sometimes lashed to the leg, and sometimes prolonged
      upward so as to be steadied by the hand or arm.
      1913 webster

            ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.
                                                  --landor.
      1913 webster

   2. a crutch; also, the handle of a plow. prov. eng.
      --halliwell.
      1913 webster

   3. zool. any species of limicoline birds belonging to
      himantopus and allied genera, in which the legs are
      remarkably long and slender. called also longshanks,
      stiltbird, stilt plover, and lawyer.
      1913 webster

   note: the american species himantopus mexicanus is well
         known. the european and asiatic stilt himantopus
         candidus is usually white, except the wings and
         interscapulars, which are greenish black. the
         white-headed stilt himantopus leucocephalus and the
         banded stilt cladorhynchus pectoralis are found in
         australia.
         1913 webster

   stilt plover zool., the stilt.

   stilt sandpiper zool., an american sandpiper
      micropalama himantopus having long legs. the bill is
      somewhat expanded at the tip.
      1913 webster
see also:
himantopus longshanks stiltbird stilt plover lawyer himantopus mexicanus 
himantopus candidus himantopus leucocephalus cladorhynchus pectoralis stilt plover stilt sandpiper 
micropalama himantopus 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

stiltbird \stilt"bird`\, n. zool.
   see stilt, n., 3.
   1913 webster
see also:
stilt 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

stiltbird
     n : long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland
         ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons syn: stilt, longlegs,
          long-legs, stilt plover, himantopus stilt
see also:
stilt longlegs long-legs stilt plover himantopus stilt 

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