Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the shank orange-colored: as, the orange-legged hobby, Falco respertinus.
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Examples
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Sleepy dunlin (I think ... though I was at first convinced they were purple sandpipers), an orange-legged ruddy turnstone, and a sweet spotty-flanked black-belly plover.
Somewhere in NJ 2010
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Winter just got a little sand-colored, orange-legged, breast-banded stake driven through its icy heart.
Somewhere in NJ LauraHinNJ 2010
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The potentially new species of amphibians include three glass frogs, so called because their transparent skin can reveal internal organs; three poison dart frogs of the Dendrobatidae family, one harlequin frog; two species of rain frogs, including a spiky-skinned, orange-legged one; and a salamander.
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The Colombian team said the new species included a spiky-skinned, orange-legged rain frog, three poision dart frogs and three glass frogs - so called because their internal organs are visible through their skin.
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Scientists today announced the discovery of 10 amphibians believed to be new to science, including a spiky-skinned, orange-legged rain frog, three poison dart frogs and three glass frogs, so called because their transparent skin can reveal internal organs.
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The "new" amphibians included spiky-skinned, orange-legged rain frog, three poison dart frogs and three glass frogs, named for their transparent skin.
Mongabay.com News 2009
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Scientists announced Monday the discovery of 10 amphibian species in Colombia potentially new to science, including an orange-legged rain frog, three poison frogs and three transparent
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The "new" amphibians included spiky-skinned, orange-legged rain frog, three poison dart frogs and three glass frogs, named for their transparent skin.
Mongabay.com News 2009
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The "new" amphibians included spiky-skinned, orange-legged rain frog, three poison dart frogs and three glass frogs, named for their transparent skin.
Mongabay.com News 2009
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The Colombian team said the new species included a spiky-skinned, orange-legged rain frog, three poision dart frogs and three glass frogs -- so called because their internal organs are visible through their skin.
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