stilt

1. A column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure (synset 103942545)
   is a type of: column, pillar - (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure
   subtypes: sheath pile, sheet pile, sheet piling - a pile in a row of piles driven side by side to retain earth or prevent seepage
   same as: pile, piling, spile
2. One of two stout poles with foot rests in the middle;
   Used for walking high above the ground (synset 104327075)
   "he was so tall I thought he was on stilts"
   is a type of: pole - a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic
3. Long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia (synset 102038707)
   is a type of: limicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird - any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries
   subtypes: banded stilt, cladorhyncus leucocephalum - web-footed Australian stilt with reddish-brown pectoral markings
   belongs to: cladorhyncus, genus cladorhyncus - one of two genera of stilts; similar to avocets but with straight bills
   same as: australian stilt
4. Long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons (synset 102037315)
   is a type of: limicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird - any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries
   subtypes:

   • black-necked stilt, himantopus mexicanus - stilt of southwestern United States to northern South America having black plumage extending from the head down the back of the neck
   • black-winged stilt, himantopus himantopus - stilt of Europe and Africa and Asia having mostly white plumage but with black wings
   • himantopus himantopus leucocephalus, white-headed stilt - stilt of the southwest Pacific including Australia and New Zealand having mostly white plumage but with black wings and nape of neck
   • himantopus novae-zelandiae, kaki - blackish stilt of New Zealand sometimes considered a color phase of the white-headed stilt
   belongs to: genus himantopus, himantopus - major one of two genera of stilts; similar to avocets but with straight bills
   same as: himantopus stilt, long-legs, longlegs, stilt plover, stiltbird

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