Yellowlegs

n.

1.

(Zool.) Any one of several species of long-legged sandpipers of the genus Totanus, in which the legs are bright yellow; - called also stone snipe, tattler, telltale, yellowshanks; and yellowshins. See Tattler, 2.

Noun

1.

yellowlegs - either of two North American shorebird with yellow legs

genus Tringa, greater yellowlegs, lesser yellowlegs, sandpiper, Tringa, Tringa flavipes, Tringa melanoleuca