stiltlike

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a stilt.

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Meanings

adjectivestiltlike (comparative more stiltlike, superlative most stiltlike)

comparative more stiltlike · superlative most stiltlike

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a stilt.

    In flight, their long necks and stiltlike legs are stretched out in line with the body to their full extent, moving strongly, with slowly beating wings, but not swiftly[…]

    1926, Arthur Cleveland Bent, Life Histories of North American Marsh Birds, page 226

Origin

From stilt + -like.

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APA

stiltlike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stiltlike

MLA

“stiltlike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stiltlike. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stiltlike,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stiltlike.

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