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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 red·shank /ˈrɛdˌʃæŋk/
 紅腳鷸

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Red·shank n.
 1. Zool. (a) A common Old World limicoline bird (Totanus calidris), having the legs and feet pale red. The spotted redshank (Totanus fuscus) is larger, and has orange-red legs. Called also redshanks, redleg, and clee. (b) The fieldfare.
 2. A bare-legged person; -- a contemptuous appellation formerly given to the Scotch Highlanders, in allusion to their bare legs.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 redshank
      n : a common Old World wading bird with long red legs [syn: Tringa
          totanus]