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    Stilt is a common name for several species of birds in the family Recurvirostridae, which also includes those known as avocets. They are found in brackish...
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    can/bucket stilts and pole stilts. Unlike other forms of stilts, hand-held stilts are not tied or strapped to the wearer. Hand-held pole stilts consist of...
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    Stilt houses (also called pile dwellings or lake dwellings) are houses raised on stilts (or piles) over the surface of the soil or a body of water. Stilt...
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    The Hawaiian stilt (Himantopus mexicanus knudseni) is an endangered Hawaiian subspecies of the black-necked stilt (H. mexicanus) species. It is a long-legged...
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  • Stilt-Man is the name of multiple different characters in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first incarnation of Stilt-Man, Wilbur...
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    The black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) is a widely distributed, very long-legged wader in the avocet and stilt family Recurvirostridae. Its scientific...
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    "Rumpelstiltskin" (/ˌrʌmpəlˈstɪltskɪn/ RUMP-əl-STILT-skin; German: Rumpelstilzchen pronounced [ʁʊmpl̩ʃtiːltsçn̩]) is a German fairy tale collected by...
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    disliked the ones that negatively portrayed his height, such as "Wilt the Stilt" and "Goliath", preferring "the Big Dipper", inspired by his friends who...
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    Jumping stilts, bounce stilts or spring stilts are special stilts that allow the user to run, jump and perform various acrobatics. Spring stilts using fiberglass...
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  • The stilt-owls (Grallistrix) is an extinct genus of true owls which contains four species, all of which lived on the Hawaiian Islands. Grallistrix can...
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    The stilt sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) is a small shorebird. The scientific name is from Ancient Greek. The genus name kalidris or skalidris is a term...
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  • The Stilt is the journal of the Australasian Wader Studies Group (AWSG), a special interest group of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, also...
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    The black-necked stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) is a locally abundant shorebird of American wetlands and coastlines. It is found from the coastal areas...
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    The banded stilt (Cladorhynchus leucocephalus) is a nomadic wader of the stilt and avocet family, Recurvirostridae, native to Australia. It belongs to...
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    Stilts are poles, posts or pillars used to allow a structure or building to stand at a distance above the ground or water. In flood plains, and on beaches...
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    The pied stilt (Himantopus leucocephalus), also known as the white-headed stilt, is a shorebird in the family Recurvirostridae. It is widely distributed...
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    Stilt jousting is a 600-year-old tradition of the city of Namur, Belgium, in which teams of costumed stilt wearers attempt to knock each other to the ground...
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    the unusual stilt roots of S. exorrhiza were an adaptation to allow the palm to grow in swampy areas of forest. No evidence exists that stilt roots are...
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  • Stilts may refer to: Stilts, leg-attached poles serving to increase one's height Stilts (architecture), poles, posts or pillars used to allow a structure...
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  • Taeniaptera feei, the palm grove stilt-legged fly, is a species of stilt-legged fly in the family Micropezidae. "Taeniaptera feei Report". Integrated...
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    The black stilt (Himantopus novaezelandiae) or kakī (Māori) is a wading bird found in New Zealand. It is one of the world's rarest birds, with 169 adults...
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  • Kristen A. Stilt is an Islamic studies scholar who focuses on law and society in both historical and contemporary contexts. She wrote Islamic Law in Action:...
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    spined stilt bug, is a species of stilt bug in the family Berytidae. It is found in Central America and North America. It is the most common stilt bug of...
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    Buttress root (redirect from Stilt roots)
    Buttress roots, also known as plank roots, are large, wide roots on all sides of a shallowly rooted tree. Typically, they are found in nutrient-poor tropical...
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    Berytidae (redirect from Stilt bug)
    Berytidae is a family of the order Hemiptera ("true bugs"), commonly called stilt bugs or thread bugs. Most berytids are brown to yellow, with species that...
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  • personal assistant of Regent. Stilt-Man is the name of several supervillains in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Stilt-Man first appeared in Daredevil...
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  • Crystal Stilts is an American post-punk band from Brooklyn, New York City, though their founding members, Brad Hargett and JB Townsend, were originally...
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    Hemiauchenia is a genus of laminoid camelids that evolved in North America in the Miocene period about 10 million years ago. This genus diversified and...
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    Invaders of Mid-Atlantic Natural Areas: Japanese Stilt Grass Maine Invasive Plants: Japanese Stilt Grass Archived 2019-08-21 at the Wayback Machine,...
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    Stilts are small supports used when firing glazed ceramics to stop the melting glaze from fusing them to each other or the kiln. Stilts are a form of...
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