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Definition of: yellowlegs
(yel′ō·legz′) noun
1. Either of two North American sandpipers (genus Totanus) with long yellow legs: the greater, or winter, yellowlegs (T. melanoleucus), or the lesser yellowlegs (T. flavipes).
2. U.S. Colloq. Formerly, in the U. S. Army, a cavalry soldier.
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