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 (redirect from Little rattle stilt)
"Rumpelstiltskin" (/ˌrʌmpəlˈstɪltskɪn/ RUMP-əl-STILT-skin; German: Rumpelstilzchen pronounced [ʁʊmpl̩ʃtiːltsçn̩]) is a German fairy tale collected by...
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Wilt Chamberlain (redirect from Wilt the Stilt)
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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Socratea exorrhiza (section Function of stilt roots)
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 (redirect from Palm grove stilt-legged fly)
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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Jalysus wickhami (redirect from Spined stilt bug)
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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List of Marvel Comics characters: S (redirect from Stilt-Man II)
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 (redirect from Stilt-legged Llama)
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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Microstegium vimineum (redirect from Japanese stilt grass)
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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