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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Stilt'-bird, n.

noun

n. (Or-nith.) A wading bird having long, slender legs; especially, a bird of the genus Himantopus (H. melanopterus); — called also stilt.

An illustration of a black-neck stilt with long legs and a long, slender bill, standing above another bird on the ground.
Black-neck Stilt (*Himantopus nigri- collis*).