stiltbird

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. The stilt or stilt-plover.
2. n. plural Wading birds collectively; the grallatorial birds, constituting the old order Grallæ or Grallatores. Also called stilt-walkers.

Wiktionary

1. n. The stilt, a wading bird.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. (Zoöl.) See stilt, n., 3.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons