twillick

[imitative]

Nfld

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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either the greater yellowlegs, Totanus melanoleucus, or the lesser yellowlegs, T. flavipes.

Quotations

1842

On going back to the wigwam we shot a couple of "twillecks," a grey long-legged bird, about the size and shape of a plover.

1907

The greater yellowshank . . . locally known as 'Twillik,' is very common in all the Newfoundland rivers during the summer and autumn.

1956

Lesser Yellow-legs [is also called] twillick (Sonic. Nfld., "Labr."). . . .